Charlotte , Playa Las Teresitas, Tenerife, Spai

Strunki
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Posted Mar 10, 2013, 8:49 am
My full title is Charlotte of the longears but friends are allowed to call me Charlotte.
And very good and beloved friends just call me Lotte;)

I am a brave young noble hare bunny and I am an adventurous student of exchange.

I like honesty, braveness and I hate it to be called as sweet and cute.

Few people insist, I would be exalted and have a tendence to agression, but that is not true. I only prefer to have the first hit, but just to protect myself.

I have always to take care of my mentor strunki and since the 26th January 2013 I am engaged with my lovely HelmutBluepant

Please apologize that I am not able to travel in envelopes, because I decided only to travel first class with my private chauffeur strunki. My main profession ist to take care of her, because she sometimes gets in inner trouble with herself and as her professional and personal trainer it is my duty to show her the right way sometimes.

My hobby is to entertain our guest-tv´s with my incredible adventures I experienced and how I survived dangerous and trickily situations.

I have a very simple taste: Only the best for me and all:)

I enjoy gardens, if they have enough gardeners.
I like houses, if there is a housemaid.
I like cars, if there is a driver for.
I like all locations, if they have enough stuff.
I do not like showers, I prefer a bath.

Thank You for Your attention:)
Strunki
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Posted Mar 10, 2013, 9:42 am
Today I was tortured:
They placed me on finest chocolate pralines, but they did not open it!

I was not able to open the package and so I had to starve, what a nerve!
Strunki
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Posted Mar 10, 2013, 12:12 pm
Here You can see me with my best mate and cutest friend [tv]HelmutBluepant[tv/].

He has a calming influence on me and he is the only one who is allowed to cheat me when I started my newest rockets;)
Strunki
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Posted Mar 10, 2013, 12:24 pm
Here I am on my first hunt.

Yes, You see right, I am a hunting bunny :cyclops:
Strunki
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Posted Mar 10, 2013, 12:36 pm
Today Helmut and me had fun in the snow.

Here You can see me with my newest scarf.

We built snow people and made a snowball battle.
Of course, I won it :cyclops:
Strunki
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Posted Mar 10, 2013, 3:26 pm
Today the great adventure on Tenerife begins:

Too early for me in the morning I had to wake up to get the airplane, Uhhhäää, I am sooo tired...

But during the flight I became clearer and clearer, but Helmut had to give me support while using the paper bag...

After the endless time of almost four hours we saw the beautiful island of Tenerife and landed there.

What a paradise of colours, warmth, fragrances...
Uhhh, I will love it:)
Strunki
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Posted Mar 10, 2013, 3:37 pm
Today we visited the Botanical Garden of La Orotava and the terrace Park next to it. They are in fine condition, it seems to be, that the have enough gardener there.

Very lovely place where I can imagine myself a few hundered years ago as a noble senorita :rolleyes:
Strunki
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Posted Mar 10, 2013, 3:47 pm
Today we visited the Teide, Spains highest Mountain.

It was a great roundtrip there and I even found the losses of other longeared creatures;)
Strunki
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Posted Mar 10, 2013, 4:01 pm
Today Helmut suprised me: He made me a present and and offer I was really not able to reject :p

And from now on we are engaged :D
Strunki
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Posted Mar 11, 2013, 8:16 pm
Today we visited Mirador Humboldt first, because when the weather is clear there, You have a beautiful view on the landscape of the valley of orotava.
Strunki
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Posted Mar 12, 2013, 6:56 pm
Today we drove to the Capital City of Tenerife, to Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

In the Centre of the City You can find a beautiful park full of exotic plants and trees from all over the world and oftn You hear and watch wild living parrots there, e.g. rose-ringed parakeet [Psittacula krameri] and lories [Charmosyna palmarum], but they fly too fast for taking a picture.

So we discovered the park and his fine corners and recreated at a  fountain with a very popular statue of a woman. The citicens of St. Cruz love to saunter along there on sundays with their families.

And in one of the ponds there we discovered a frog.
 
Strunki
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Posted Mar 18, 2013, 8:33 pm
Today we went to Punta de Hidalgo, the Northern-East-Point of Tenerife.

And because the weather was so fine, we went to the coast and took a sun-bath. B)

In th afternoon we enjoyed the delicious tarta de manzana (apple pie). :p

...And in the evening I had a sunburn...ouch... :(
Strunki
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Posted Mar 18, 2013, 8:45 pm
This day we had beautiful weather again and so we decided to drive to the North-Western Part of Tenerife, Punta Teno.

On our way we stopped at Garachico and ate a delicious pastry: Fig-Mousse...yumyum

We found a field of yellow flowers, my dream-finca and a beautyful landscape.

In the evening we visited the old monasterio again.
Strunki
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Posted Mar 19, 2013, 5:41 pm
Today we went to a rural area where the almond trees are blooming at the moment.

We saw Garachico, the nice little town we visited yesterday from above

A beautiful day between the blooming trees, here is fully springtime :p

Strunki
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Posted Mar 20, 2013, 8:28 pm
Today we spent the complete day at the black beach of Playa Jardin.

And we had a lot of fun with the wonderful boats strunkis husband had created for us.

In the afternoon we met a huge dragon that wanted to take his claw of my dancing card, but helmut was hero enough to prevent this audacity ;)
Strunki
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Posted Mar 22, 2013, 8:59 pm
Today we visited a highlight of Tenerife: The Loro Parque.

Ohhh, I love this beautiful Zoo with lots of parrots, the Sealions, Dolphins and even Orcas. And only there you can visit the worlds largest Indoor-Penguin Hall.

We had very impressive encounters with the confiding kakatoos and had fun to have conversations with the keas
Strunki
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Posted Mar 22, 2013, 9:29 pm
Today we met some new friends of us, two young sharks and a lovely little orca girl want to join our band;)

They were brought by a funny car of the Loro Parque, the so called Orca-Beetle
Strunki
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Posted Mar 27, 2013, 9:19 pm
Today we went to the south of Tenerife, to a famous pilgrimage destination named Candelaria. It is a small town at the seaside with a huge cathedral where a black madonna is inside.

But we were more interested in the promenade, where are huge statues of the menecies, the chiefs of the native people of thenerife, the guanches.

When the spanish soldiers discovered in the 14th century th islands to conquere the canaries, they exterminated the guanches :(
Strunki
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Posted Mar 27, 2013, 10:52 pm
From Candelaria we drove further to the South, to the Pyramides of Güinmar. About 20 years ago the people there discovered fragment of ancient pyramides, estimated built by the guanches.

The norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl studied the place very intensively and spent some years on tenerife.

There he founded the Ethnografical Park of the Pyramides of Güimar.
Strunki
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Posted Mar 28, 2013, 10:56 pm
Today is our last day here in paradise. We had wonderful two weeks here with warmth, sun, beach activities, joy, happiness and a lot of fun.

Perhaps we will come back next year?

Good Bye, Tenerife :D
Strunki
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Posted Mar 31, 2013, 7:37 pm
At Home again...
Uhhhhuuuu, i miss the warmth, the sun and the colours of tenerife soooo much...

And i miss the service of proper made beds and clean rooms and i miss the opulent breakfasts with omletts....

But i have found a souvenir, that reminds me on the nice holiday a little bit: the sweet condensated milk :p
Strunki
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Posted Apr 1, 2013, 8:24 am
...Well...hmpf...I can not exactly remember what happend to me the last two days but I was found by Helmut here in the Chinese part of the botanical Garden of Bochum...

...And  I have a headache...Ooooohhh...
...Can´t caused by only consuming a little bit of this sweet milk???
Strunki
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Posted Apr 1, 2013, 8:47 am
Uiuiuiuiuiui....

The mystery of my disappereance for two days seemed to be solved.

From unknown source I got pictures by mail, where I was having a grandious party :p

What a Party!!!...Sorry, I can´t remember with who and where...
Must have been somewhere in a skittle hall??
Strunki
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Posted Apr 5, 2013, 8:05 pm
Today I was a little bit sad because HelmutBluepant went on to his first journey on his own...without me...

Oh my lovely dear Helmut, will You think of me in the far?
I promise You I will always be brave and look forward when You come back soon...

Huuuhuuu....and it is Valentines Day when You have to leave.... :thinking:
Strunki
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Posted Apr 5, 2013, 8:12 pm
Today I was very happy, because our very first guest, Fabler Björn, came from Mosbach to visit us.

He is a quite cute nice guy and I think, we could have fun together :cyclops:
Strunki
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Posted Apr 5, 2013, 10:45 pm
When Fabler Björn and me came back from the market, we had a big surprise:Soeren, a handsome and funny elk came as our second guest and we loved him from the very first moment we saw him :p

Woow, what for wonderful eyes he has got...his view melted me away... :cyclops:

And we got our first Yoga-lesson by him :D
I was very proud to present him a new excercise: My famous earstand B)
Strunki
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Posted Apr 6, 2013, 8:36 am
Today we plushies did the cooking and we made two salads:

Fabler Björn did the tomato-mozarella-salad and Soeren worked hard to create the cucumber-salad with natural yohgurt and green spices.

And I had the cruelest work to do: I had to cut the onions... B)
Strunki
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Posted Apr 6, 2013, 1:46 pm
Today I introduced my guests to the rest of the plushie-gang.

All plushies from the cars, the house and even from work meet here sometimes to have a carousel-spin in our washing machine and they like it very much :cyclops:

...For me it is not necessary, because I did my secret bathing on my own...

And it was a good opportunity for Soeren and Fabler Björn to meet and make frinds :D. We had a wonderful evening alltogether on the warming bank in the bathroom.

Strunki
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Posted Apr 8, 2013, 5:59 pm
Today we plushies decided to cook because we want to eat Spaghetti in a ver special kind, so called "Bolo Bergisch" with soup-vegetables, onions, sweet paprika, aubergine, zucchini, champignons and tomato-juice.

Soeren and Fabler Björn did a very well job as cooks and I did, of course, the supervision :rolleyes:

And we had lot of work with but much more fun when we ate it. :cyclops:
Well, I had a small kind of noodle-accident :cyclops:

And it was sooo delicious, yum yum :p
Strunki
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Posted Apr 8, 2013, 6:14 pm
Today I survived a very dangerous adventure: The ride on a black dogs back :cyclops:

But don´t worry, this is peños, the nice, patient and very friendly dog of strunkis best and longest friend :D
Strunki
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Posted Apr 9, 2013, 8:37 pm
We were in the garden having a chilling-yoga-lesson held by soeren, when something very nice happend:

Suddenly there was an envelope on the garden-table and we could hardly read the letters on the envelope, except the adress of strunki. And there are beautiful post-stamps with wonderful flowers on the envelope and from inside the envelope we heard somebody asking for help.

Together with the huge envelope we went inside the house and there came a nice young yellow frog from the far japan out: Matcha finally arrived safe and proper :D

We all are glad to see him and loved him and his kind behaviour from the first sight.
Strunki
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Posted Apr 11, 2013, 7:00 pm
Today we went to the market in Ronsdorf to buy the sweet Paprikas for the dinner this evening.

After the work we went to the playground and had some fun there on the seesaw at the playground :cyclops:
Strunki
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Posted Apr 11, 2013, 7:12 pm
This evening we did the cooking again: We cooked filled sweet paprika.

I had to do the dangerous job of riding the mixer :cyclops:...and I liked the rodeo :cyclops:

After finishing we had dinner and it was soooo yum yum...cooked by yourself is the tastiest :p
Strunki
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Posted Apr 13, 2013, 8:30 am
Today I showed my guests how to bake, or better, to make a fresh-cheese cake with blueberries.

Uiuiuiuiui...we had some trouble to open the glass of blueberry but alltogether we made it :cyclops:
Strunki
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Posted Apr 15, 2013, 7:41 pm
Ohhh, what a wonderful day is today: My dearest HelmutBluepant is back home :D

I have missed him sooooo much and I am soooo happy to have him back.

And because we wanted to celebrate his comeback and had a little barbecue :p
Strunki
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Posted Apr 15, 2013, 7:56 pm
Today we had to give farewell to Fabler Björn because he had to travel back home.

We all waved him a good bye and were a little bit sad but we understood that he now wanted to go back because he also was happy to see frodo again :D
Strunki
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Posted Apr 17, 2013, 5:57 am
Today we had still ice on th garden pond and Soeren decided to skate a little bit. He is a great ice artist :cyclops:

And he was kind enough to pull our sleigh and we had a lot of fun playing alltogehter and enjoyed the "aprés ski" in fom of a hot chocolate with a mash-mellow :p
Strunki
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Posted Apr 17, 2013, 6:07 am
Today we visitied Schloss Burg and the Müngsten Bridge in Solingen and gave our guests an inpression of our Bergisches Land.

In the afternoon we celebrated a Bergisch Koffietable and Helmut was the only one who was able to eat the most... :cyclops:
Strunki
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Posted Apr 18, 2013, 9:27 pm
Today we visited with our guests Matcha and Soeren the Zoom Erlebniswelt in Gelsenkirchen.

Both want to complete one of their life missions; Matcha wanted to watch rare animals and Soeren´s dream is to meet a real elk.

Well, let´s see if they were able to fulfill their missions :D

On the last picture You have to look for...what?..yes, another longear :cyclops:...Did You find it??
Strunki
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Posted Apr 18, 2013, 9:37 pm
Today we have fun by doing our preparations for easter.

We ornate a easter bush with coloured wooden eggs and colour chicken eggs on our own.

I have sooo much fun playing easter bunny for helmut and our guests tomorrow :D
Strunki
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Posted May 5, 2013, 9:10 pm
Today a very nice and friendly postcard from Dicker Kumpel arrived :D

Thank You very very much for it.

Dicker Kumpel, we love You ;)
Strunki
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Posted May 6, 2013, 7:27 pm
Today we tested Helmuts new tractor: He drives it and Lille and me are sitting in the loading wagon :cyclops:

And we made our first tractor-trip in the garden and drove to the field with the bear garlic that we harvested to create an ecxellent fres salad from :p
Strunki
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Posted May 11, 2013, 6:03 am
Today we cooked a lot of vegetables and stewed a haunch of vension. Helmut and Lille were very diligent and togehter we plushies filled the iron stewing pots with a tasty stewing meal :p
Strunki
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Posted May 11, 2013, 6:16 am
Today we visited the botanical garden in Solingen, the town near by us.
It is a small but very lovely park and a lot of active citizens sponsor the park with work and money that this wonderful garden can still be open for the public.
Strunki
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Posted May 11, 2013, 6:27 am
Helmut told us that we should go to the funfairy today because he wanted to have some fun there, and, of course this was the main reason, a chocolate banana :p

There I found my dreamhouse: A sweet castle and there I got a gingerbread heart adaequate for me :cyclops:
Strunki
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Posted May 11, 2013, 6:43 am
Today we went to Herdecke a nice little town near Dortmund at the river Ruhr.

There we visited the warmhouse factory Krieger. At this weekend they have organised a nice Plant- and Garden-Day and Helmut, Lille and me had lot of fun meeting the very handsome and friendly musician Konstantin who played beautiful music on his accordion :D

And we met very nice members of the http://www.bonsai-club-hagen.de who allowed us sitting under their beautiful small and very old trees.
Strunki
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Posted May 11, 2013, 7:01 am
Today Lille asked me to comb her hair and during our styling session Helmut told us that he has an invitation to visit Dicker Kumpel and Kleine Fee. Lille was so pleased of Kleine Fees hairstyle that she wanted to have two bunches :cyclops:

And we are very happy: PinkiHH wil come and visit us :D

Strunki
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Posted May 11, 2013, 7:08 am
Helmut wanted to take a bath and spontanely I decided to have a bath as well togehter with him. In the afternoon we dryed in the sun and had a nice chilling time B)
Strunki
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Posted May 11, 2013, 7:16 am
Today my dearest HelmutBluepant left us to start his journey visiting Dicker Kumpel and Kleine Fee at RikeH.

Uhhhh, I think I will miss You but I wish You a good and safe tour with lots of new adventures and hope You will meet nice people and plushies and make new friends.
Strunki
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Posted May 20, 2013, 7:51 pm
Now HelmutBluepant is away so Lille and me have a lot of work with harvesting the bear garlic.
Strunki
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Posted May 20, 2013, 8:05 pm
today we went to the botanical garden in Krefeld where we visited a private share meeting for gardenplants. Several private gardeners offered their plants for changing or selled them for civil amounts.

We hadn´t any plants with us for changing but we bought a lot, bugle (Günsel) [lat. Ajuga sp.], a three-coloured Hosta and much more :p

But it started to rain and so we enjoyed the cacti in the warmhouse there and admired the huge tenerife bugloss (Natternkopf) [lat. Echium wildpretii] and other succulent plants.

And we saw parts of a typical rural garden. A very nice place, the complete garden, but unfortnatuly the rain continued and so we had to leave.
Strunki
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Posted May 20, 2013, 8:19 pm
Today I made a very special experience: I visited a beauty-salon for the very first time in my life. The lady there was very very kind to me and gave me a special face-treatment for my smooth hare-bunny-skin and to conserve my natural youth :cyclops:

And I enjoyed a very nice back-massage

Uhhhh...it was pure wellness there and I liked it very much
(Dont´t you think about that this was necessary for me, this treatment was only for prophylaxe) :cyclops:
Strunki
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Posted May 20, 2013, 8:25 pm
In the evening I had a little suprise for Lille: we crafted a small pink collier for her and it seems to be, that she was very happy about :cyclops:
Strunki
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Posted May 21, 2013, 6:45 am
Today we were happy to give PinkyHH a warme welcome. :D

Lille and me were playing in the big blossom when she arrived.

Were were sooo happy that she is well and we were thankful for the nice Postcards she brought with her from her mum RikeH and HelmutBluepant. And we liked the sweets very much she donated to us.

Before we went to bed lately we enjoyed an elderberry syrup together and had some fruit mashmellows and felt into a deep sleep from talking until the late evening :cyclops:
Strunki
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Posted May 21, 2013, 7:28 pm
Today I had my first driving lesson and I must admit, it makes a lot of fun driving on my own :cyclops:

The old summer car of strunkis husband got now a H-Sign and all think, this means historical, but in reality it means "this car is driven by a Hare bunny" :cyclops: :cyclops: :cyclops:

After finishing my first rounds we sat in the garden, happy that everybody survived the race and we enjoyed the lemonade made of herbs and the fragrance od the blue and whit lilac.
Strunki
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Posted May 21, 2013, 7:35 pm
Today we showed PinkiHH the botanical garden in Solingen where the members of the local hospice for children sold some handcrafted bags and the benefit floats to 100% in the hospice.

Look what for a nice bag I bought and it is enough space for all of uns plushies :D
Strunki
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Posted May 21, 2013, 9:21 pm
Today we drove to Haps in the Netherlands, where a wonderful market for exotic plants took place.

We met some funny wooden pals and there I found some funny things: original wooden holland-clogs for me, PinkyHH and Lille and a Ballpen formed like a cactus :cyclops:

After the market we enjoyed the funny and yummy tasting local food named "bitterbollen" and "kleene bitterhapjes". exactly the right food for plushies like us :p
Strunki
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Posted May 26, 2013, 3:56 pm
today Lille and PinkyHH helped me  to cook 4 jars of jam made of pieplant (rhubarb) and bananas :p
Strunki
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Posted May 26, 2013, 3:57 pm
Today I had an impressive encounter with a black and yellow dragonfly
Strunki
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Posted May 26, 2013, 4:04 pm
Hey folks,

did You know that I am the only bunny allowed driving a car?
The "H" in the sign doesn´t mean "historical", but it stands for "hare-bunny-car" :cyclops:

In the afternoon the weather was well enough to clean the car windows and the inside. Together with PinkyHH and Lille I had much fun by playing with the vacuum-cleaner :D
Strunki
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Posted May 27, 2013, 10:40 pm
This was a terrible weekend, it rained all day from saturday afternoon to sunday evening so that we were not able to go out. Instead of having fun outdoor we slept the whole sunday and bored ourselves :(

But today in the afternoon the sun came out and strunki decided to finish work early and we went to the botanical garden in Wuppertal where the Elisentower stands. This is an old small tower from where you have a wonderful view about Elberfeld. Unfortenatuly it only opens at the weekend but it was nice to see and inside the garden they have a smaller miniature of it, used as a hostel for insects :D
Strunki
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Posted May 27, 2013, 10:42 pm
When we came back there was a big surprise, one of the cacti of strunkis husband blooms and i never saw such a huge blossom. And what a pink colour it has got :p

That´s it for this day, now i am tired and go to bed
Strunki
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Posted May 31, 2013, 8:29 pm
today we made a trip to the old town centre of Lennep. Nowadays Lennep belongs to Remscheid but in the older times it was an independent city on its own and even belonged to the Hanse in the late middle-age.

We saw some nice old half-timbered houses with black slated fronts and green shutters. And we found nice corners with flowers.

After walking through the old town we visited the Röntgen-Museum.
Strunki
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Posted May 31, 2013, 10:39 pm
There You can see me in front of the German Röntgen-Museum.

The famous physical scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was born in Lennep in 1845. He discovered (not in Lennep) the X-rays wich are helpful in medicine still today and for their discoverage he became the first physican who was honoured with the Nobel-Price in Physics.

The museum shows how he lived and worked and how the early x-ray-radiography-instruments and machines worked. It was very interesting, but sometimes a little bit dark and spooky down in the cellar :cyclops:

And even a plushie-bear was x-rayed...Perhaps a toy voyager, too?
Strunki
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Posted Jun 1, 2013, 3:43 pm
Hello World,

we are a little bit desperate about this terrible weather. It is June now and it seems to be similar as a day in November: cold, misty and windy :(

Not the right weather to collect fresh strawberry from the fields :thinking:

So Lille, PinkyHH and me decided to "bake" a blueberry-cake with fresh cream cheese and I know that my dearest HelmutBluepant loves it, too :p

First we wet the gelatine and seperated the blueberry-juice for heating them together. The blueberries we gave on small baked pastry cases. Even the right size for us little ladys, because we don´t want to get too fat :cyclops:

After mixing the juice with the gelatine we mixed the cream cheese, and added the clotted cream. Then we poured it on the blueberries and decorated with some fresh ones.

The cakes are for tomorrow and have to cool in the fridge, but they look soooo yummy, I hope we are able to wait until sunday ;)
Strunki
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Posted Jun 3, 2013, 5:06 pm
Ooops, i had a little mug-accident with strunkis favourite mug :o

I am sooo unhappy and awfully sorry that it happend, because she likes it sooo much...

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(Bytheway:Ihadtoletitfalldown27timesbeforethisuglydammedmugbroke)
Strunki
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Posted Jun 4, 2013, 5:14 am
Hello World,
what for a difference the weather of today is :D

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Today we visited the "Haaner Gartenlust"

We had some fun on a minitrain, even it wasn´t as fast as my H-Car, of course not :rolleyes:
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I had a cool beer there, the tasty "Bergisch Country-beer :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3683CBier_zps4bac6215.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3684CBier_zps46371da6.jpg

They sold nice flowers there on the greenfield
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3685CGelaumlnde_zps7972c662.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3686CGelaumlnde_zps4ac05acf.jpg

Look at the nice lillies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3696CSchwertlilien_zps53204a23.jpg

Helmut would like this, too
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3697CGelaumlnde_zps71f3c482.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3698CGelaumlnde_zps199ca30e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3699CGelaumlnde_zps6951326f.jpg
But now lets drive home for having tea-time in our garden :p
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 4, 2013, 5:19 am
In the afternoon we had a nice and yummy garden-tea-time with our baked cakes :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3702alleKuchen_zps0f7df14c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3707alleKuchen_zps85d79147.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3708alleKuchen_zpsb1b6b2e4.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3711CKuchen_zps8a01c65e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3712alleKuchenhalb_zpse11fd7e7.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Foto3715Ctrinkt_zpse8f62382.jpg
The tea was great and the cake yummy :p
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 14, 2013, 6:04 am
Today somebody very special has his birthday :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Charlotte%2009-06-13/Foto3734CTasche_zps95f75ec9.jpg
Happy Birthday sheepguarded and all the best for You alltime


Thanks for the very tasty muffin :p :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Charlotte%2009-06-13/Foto3733CMuffin_zps37fd8a9a.jpg
Yours Charlotte of the Longears :cyclops: :cyclops:
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 14, 2013, 6:14 am
Today I had a coffee at the best known biker-meeting-point in the Bergisch Land, the cultic Café Hubraum.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Charlotte%2009-06-13/Foto3787CHubraum_zps42eadbd0.jpg

But unfortenatuly I didn´t find a bike huge and heavy enough there for me :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Charlotte%2009-06-13/Foto3788CHubraum_zpse8963bd7.jpg

Instead of I enjoyed my mug of coffee :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Charlotte%2009-06-13/Foto3786CHubaumtasse_zps5df2b0f7.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 14, 2013, 6:22 am
Today we visited Barmen to drive with the Schwebebahn with Lille and PinkyHH :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Charlotte%2009-06-13/Foto3723CSchwebebahn_zps1df4cdf6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Charlotte%2009-06-13/Foto3728CBruumlcke_zps61f4869a.jpg
But for me this crazy railway is a little bit too spooky so I decided to sleep in my bag for this tour
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-06-13/Charlotte%2009-06-13/Foto3730CBruumlckeWupper_zpsc0ba4acd.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 14, 2013, 11:03 am
Today we got a nice postcard from HelmutBluepant. He likes it being with RikeH, Dicker Kumpel and the other plushies there in Switzerland very much.  :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Foto3876_zpsc6ece40e.jpg

Let´s see what he has written
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Foto3875_zpsf60ff3f1.jpg

What a lovely Idea, thank You sooo much Helmut :D (and thank You Rike to help him finding the words) :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Foto3874_zps418582d5.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 14, 2013, 11:37 am
Woooow :D One of Helmuts nice flowers is blooming
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Foto3641CmitEpibluumlte_zps98f34af5.jpg

They only bloom for one or two days but they are soo nice
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Foto3642CmitEpibluumlte_zps555614e5.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 17, 2013, 12:00 pm
Today we created a so called "fitness-day" 
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto3995alleFitness_zps297f222a.jpg

O.K., but what can we do on such a fitness-day? Oh Yes, we will start with a work-out 
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto3996LundCFitness_zps76864b47.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto3997PundCFitness_zps542fb26f.jpg

So we change our colliers, wear sweat-ribbons and do some pushups, that looks very professional 
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto3998alleLiegestuumltze_zpscdcbc0b2.jpg

After the pushups we do some situps 
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4000alleSitups_zps8f45fbcc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4003alleSitup_zpsaea044fc.jpg

At least we do the very difficult exercise of an ear-stand and move our legs
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4006alleOhrenstand_zps70fef864.jpg

Woow, what a nice and fine workout 
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4011allefit_zps7905006a.jpg

But now we are very hungry 
What should we eat on a fitness-day? Oh Yes, only fresh and healthy stuff, not only the chocolates and sweets we like so much 

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4014allewasessenwir_zps7de51c46.jpg

So we decided to fill some fresh sweet bell-paprika with a selfmade fresh-cheese-cream including some bear-garlic
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4015alleZutaten_zpse9929d4c.jpg

First we clean the bell-paprika and cut it
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4016allePaprika_zps11fcaf25.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4019CPaprika_zpsc6313afb.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4020allePaprikaausgehoumlhlt_zps34789546.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4023CPaprika_zps266a7f70.jpg

Then we mix the fresh-chees wih the bear-garlic-pesto
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4024alleruumlhren_zps8f5721c7.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4027CRuumlhrt_zps3b2e418f.jpg

The cream we fill into the bells
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4028allefuumlllen_zpsf015e7c1.jpg

Here You can see the complete bell filled with the cream
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4032allevorher_zpsd3ed47ff.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4035Cvorher_zps677c8b9b.jpg

But for eating them it was easier to cut them in slices, looks even nicer
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4036allenachher_zpsc7aa6074.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4039Cnachher_zps2fa7fcb6.jpg

Wooow, I was quite suprised how tasty such healthy fitness-food can be 
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4040allesatt_zps7dca0d63.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2015-06-13/Foto4041Csatt_zps03bc7e8c.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 17, 2013, 12:10 pm
Today we visited a strawberry-field to pick up some fresh strawberries :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4046CErdbeerschild_zps2ef92b3d.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4047alleErdbeerschild_zpsadd97503.jpg

It was a large area
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4050CFeld_zpsbcbe4125.jpg

Look, what Lille and PinkyHH collected
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4061CvollerKorb_zpsa56f892e.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4062CvollerKorb_zpsebf9d1bc.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4063alleKorb_zpsd3ef8206.jpg

Öhhh...I wasn´t able to collect so much, because I had to be careful of my shine-white belly-fur...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4064alleWaage_zpsbd1a5d19.jpg
(YesIadmitIonlysnacked and nibbled....) B)
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 17, 2013, 12:39 pm
After picking the strawberries we visited the "Party of Roses" at the Botanical garden in Solingen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4069CRosenfest_zps62dc20ff.jpg

A lot of plants are blooming at the moment there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4072CBeet_zps7901eb6e.jpg

I always wanted to have a blossom where i can sit in :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4083CMohnkeramik_zps8c237a11.jpg

Look, even for the little ones is enough space, could be funny trying to sit together with Helmut in ;)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Foto4084alleMohnkeramik_zps583ccf03.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 20, 2013, 3:58 pm
Uuuhhh...what a hot day....my back got sooo hot that I had to stand on my ears to reduce the contacting surface...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4114PundChaumlngenab_zpsd4b62a22.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4115PinCSchatten_zpsb24b6a42.jpg
PinkyHH had to give me support to hold my famous earstand...

But then an envelope reached us...who could it be??
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4116CundPUmschlag_zps447b7559.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4117CundPlinsenrein_zps910fe655.jpg
Hey, I can see Oink  :D

We helped him out of his envelope and hugged him for the welcome
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4118OzeigtallenKarte_zps6c86325f.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4120CbegruumlsstO_zpsf0c5c566.jpg

I asked him if he was hungry
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4122allehabenHunger_zpsf044c98f.jpg

Oh yes..he was very hungry...poor boy :o
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4123alleessen_zpsc57b990f.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4124Oistalsersterfertig_zps69e87a66.jpg
Look at his bowl...when we started to eat, he had finished already...

After our meal I showed him the fist pink flower in the garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4125CzeigtOPaumlonie_zps88f0b1cc.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 20, 2013, 4:01 pm
In the night we were allowed to watch a botanical sensation :p

My favourite "Queen of the night" was blooming only for a few hours in the night before it faded
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4145CSeli_zps98e3a70e.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4146alleSeli_zps443e2459.jpg

Hmm...I like the fragrance between vanilla and chocolate :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4137CSeli_zps5d0b81a2.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2016-06-13/Charlotte%2018-06-13/Foto4144CSeli_zps2d0cca2d.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 21, 2013, 5:51 pm
This evening PinkyHH and me had to day good bye to Lille :(

Altough we are very happy with her that she has the great chance to visit France, it isn´t so easy for us to part...

But we all ensured each other to meet again, sometime, somewhere, somehow...

Au revior, dearest Lille and let the little frenchs alive :cyclops:
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 21, 2013, 6:07 pm
The next farewell belonged to PinkyHH and isn´t much more easier than Lilles parting...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Pinky%2018-06-13/Pinky%2019-06-13/Foto4106_zpsff2c6bf4.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Pinky%2018-06-13/Pinky%2019-06-13/Foto4110_zpsad4c655d.jpg

But instead of being sad that she will leave us we are very happy that she´s been here with us and that we had a lot of fun together, our girls-gang will never forget her and she will be a member as long as she wants :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Pinky%2018-06-13/Pinky%2019-06-13/Foto4111_zps6237d180.jpg

Even Oink came out of sleep to wave her a good bye
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Pinky%2018-06-13/Pinky%2019-06-13/Foto4133PverabschiedetschvonO_zpsfaeed918.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Pinky%2018-06-13/Pinky%2019-06-13/Foto4134OundCwinkenPinneTuumlte_zps43ae3682.jpg

Good luck on your journey, dearest PinkyHH and have a nice and good time on Usedom
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Pinky%2018-06-13/Pinky%2019-06-13/Foto4136_zpsb66f5712.jpg
...Do You feel safe and comfort in Your travelling-envelope?... Have You enough to eat for the journey?... :cyclops:
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 22, 2013, 9:25 pm
Hello World,

today we visited the Botanical Garden of the University of Bonn because there is once a year a cacti-market
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4147CSchild_zps7d17d486.jpg

And what great luck we had: The giant corpse flower [Amorphophallus titanum] was blooming today, a botanical rare sensation :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4148CSchildTitanenwurz_zps17294bca.jpg

This is the Palace of Poppelsdorf and the Botanical Garden now is the former Palace Garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4154CInnenhof_zpsdd56de05.jpg

And outside I found a ficus carica with fruits
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4157CinFicus_zps4715dc77.jpg

Lets see first the cactis and the tropical houses
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4253CvorTropenhalle_zps60bcdb59.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4254CKakteenhaus_zpsde8d4a0c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4257CaufGoldkugelkaktus_zps52cc063e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4164CTropenhalle_zps73e6fdf2.jpg
Here togehter with Oink
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4155beideinlilaBluumlmchen_zps6b8ee546.jpg

O.K., this isn´t a cactus but a little fuchsia, as a bonsai
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4160CunterFuchsienbaumlumchen_zps6a90ef2a.jpg

And here are the first cacti with very nice blossoms
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4163Crosa-gelberKaktus_zpse7dadc17.jpg

After visiting the market we went outside again and found some more nice plants
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4168C_zps42c34927.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4169CProtea_zps19115c90.jpg

I like the water lilies [nymphea]
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4171CSeerosenteich_zps70760b01.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4174CSeerosen_zps1eb4e3d4.jpg

Here we are in the tropical palm house
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4196CPalmenhaus_zps54c4060b.jpg

This is a the nut of a coco de mer [Lodoicea maldivica] from one island of the Seychelles, Praslin, where they have their endemical habitat
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4194CaufSeychellennuss_zps4b064322.jpg
They have gigantic leafs similar to this one I am sitting on
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4212CaufPalmblatt_zps052fdad2.jpg

Here we are in the fern house
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4198CFarnhaus_zpsa47a71e1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4201CBromelie_zps9a1389f7.jpg
A nice coloured Bromelia

And much more tropical blossoms
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4203CgelbeOrchidee_zps43d85079.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4205CweisseRispe_zps53b62b7a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4206Crot-gelbe_zps44f23ab3.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4209CBanane_zpse25a0024.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4211CrosaBluumlte_zpsf5566f90.jpg

Here is a very blue water lillie
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4214CblaueSeerosen_zps89abb1bf.jpg

Now lets see more outside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4216CLotus_zps14607cfb.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4221CStaudenpark_zpsa0c6b0f9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4222CStaudenpark_zpsff0936b5.jpg
This is the garden of the perennial plants

Look at this nice pink Archillea
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4224CrosaArchillea_zps74dc30f2.jpg

More water lillies and other nice plants
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4225CpinkSeerosen_zpscfa3dbc3.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4228CgelbeSeerosen_zps57c8f5b4.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4229beideGunnera_zps712b59ea.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4231CrosaRose_zpsb33d5018.jpg

This is the palace again from the backside  ...couldbetherigthdomicileforme :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4233CSchloss_zpsf389d429.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4234CSchloss_zpsd16b692f.jpg

Nice pink Digitalis
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4236CDigitalis_zpsab737fa9.jpg

In the alpine part we watched lizzards in the sun ...or was it the same coldblooded fierce dragon who set his claw on the princess dancing card as on tenerife?? B)...YOUknowwhatImean...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4243CEidechse_zps5b65b3ed.jpg

In the blossom of a huge rhubarb we watched the ladybird larva
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4247CRhabarberbluumltemitMarienkaumlferlarven_zpsc598c335.jpg

And here under some trees we found some turban lily [Lilium martagon]
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4250CTuumlrkenlilie_zps59efd9cc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4251CTuumlrkenlilie_zpsef0aaefc.jpg

And now we see the best of the day: the blooming giant corpse flower in the victoria water lillie hall
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4175CVictoriahalle_zpsb9567a3d.jpg

This is a rather small one, it lasts some time, if it will be grown
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4187CTitanwurzklein_zps9dc28356.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4189CkleineTwurzmitSchild_zpsa305071f.jpg

Between one nice shine blue water lillie
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4183CSeerosenblau_zps2b968cb3.jpg

And here it is
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4177CTitanwurz_zps869f31f2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4179CTitanwurz_zps8891c268.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4181CTitanwurz_zps55f5fe46.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4185CTitanwurz_zpsfba5861c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4191CTwurz_zps6102fd31.jpg

After this nice event we went to have an ice-cream and a coffee
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4258beideEis_zps805e67c5.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2022-06-13%20Botanischer%20Garten%20Bonn/Foto4260CEis_zps7ca56545.jpg
That was it for today, world B)
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 27, 2013, 7:58 pm
Hello all You dears,

Today we went to a nice location called Overmanns in Sprockhövel.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4298C_zpse6466cca.jpg

Its a rural Café with a nice beer-garden and playground and lets see what else we found there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4282C_zps8ba935ab.jpg

Together with Oink in a beach-basket
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4287beide_zps281b370a.jpg

Look, that´s  me on some bronce-deers
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4283C_zps1addcb43.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4286C_zps186c6c4a.jpg

Me on a tractor...ofcoursenotasfarasmyharebunnycar... :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4295C_zpsa54833be.jpg

Some geese in a voliere
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4288C_zps13c7d474.jpg

Kitsch as kitsch can...but nice pair of kids
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4300C_zpsdfb1a944.jpg

With Oink on a tray in form of a kind man
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4299beide_zps6935264d.jpg

A funny statue of a chicken
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4302C_zpse64a1d21.jpg

Let´s see what we find inside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4279C_zps0975cfae.jpg

A reck with some antique rural mugs
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4307C_zps076fa91a.jpg

Me on an old merry-go-round-horse
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4305C_zpsa96d9d6b.jpg

And the last suprise: We found a hidden twin of Dr.Kröbner
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2027-06-13/Foto4304beide_zps901017da.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 30, 2013, 9:59 am
Hi World,

today I want You to show some highlights from my hometowns pedestrian zone, called Alleestreet.

Let´start on the upper main place in front of the Allee Center. There is a fountain
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4325CvorAlleecenterbrunnen_zpsde3ec230.jpg

Nearby are some sculptures, little childeren to play on
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4319CBronzekinder_zps682c3e58.jpg

This is the statue of the "Tüpitter" a local original of Remscheid
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4321CTuumlpitter_zpsd3e2db0d.jpg
It is a symbol of the local newspaper and stands for being not afraid to report about things that move the region and speak in the local dialect.
The complete meaning is in Original : "Nit te bang! Tü Pitter!" That means he should not be afraid to pull the big bell and alarm the people with it.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4322CTuumlpitter_zps78c1de91.jpg

We went on and found some nice old cars placed in the pedestrian zone.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4328CFord_zps5186e15c.jpg
Here is an old Ford

Here You have a nice restored race supporter
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4329CMB-Dunlopgespann_zpsfc68401b.jpg

This lorry was my favourite one :cyclops:http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4331CMB-Laster_zps1eb59b11.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4333CStern_zps097115f0.jpg
guess why?

This old samba bus was also very nice
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4334CBulli_zps03cd2cbc.jpg

This weekend was a big event in the pedestrian zone where a lot of local restaurants placed mobile kitchens in tents to show their cooking repertiore
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4337CFressmeile_zps3e8111b9.jpg

That black cat I like
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4317CJaguar_zps872bdfc2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4318CJaguar_zps7f165c73.jpg

Look at this funny statues
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4338CEisenjungemitSchwein_zps4b74fa2f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4341CServiererin_zpsfb236a91.jpg

In a street nearby the pedestrian zone we found a nice garden in front of a florist shop
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4342CWundergarten_zpsf9f8b72c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4346CHolzringe_zps16f940cf.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4347CGartenstuhl_zps84c2afae.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4350CAllium_zps7ab5ec5d.jpg

My ride on a lion B)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4343CaufLoumlwe_zps5c1e4e9b.jpg

This is also a nice and wise sentence
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4351CNelkenGluumlck_zps6596545b.jpg

OK, lets go on. I liked this poster in a shop window
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4367CPlakatEichhorn_zpscd2d1906.jpg

And now we are at a place called the Market, it´s the End of the pedestrian zone and You see the old city-church of Remscheid
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4368CMarkt_zps5f4c24fa.jpg

Look at the coloured and funny fountain
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4370CBrunnen_zps1819a042.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4372CBrunnen_zps0862441b.jpg

In former times this should be used as a market-hall but now its a café in
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4375CPavillon_zps19022a46.jpg

Here You have the view back to the Alleestreet
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4377CRundhaus_zps54d70daf.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4378CAlleestrvonunten_zps6eada676.jpg

On our way back we found this strange motor-bike and people told us, it would run...with sangria used as fuel... cool bull-bike for a bunny like me B)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4380CBodegamopped_zps57bd0777.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4381CBodegamopped_zps7a806e2a.jpg

Well, lets walk back, strunki promised me a sweet surprise... :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4354CSpruchEssen_zps1acfcd38.jpg

And there we are :p  A café called "Sahnetörtchen"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4363CSchildSahnetoumlrtchen_zps3a429d0e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4364CSchildSahnetoumlrtchen_zps5d7e3593.jpg

It is the heaven of plushie-cakes :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4361CTheke_zps410405e0.jpg
And this nice guy is a very friendly one :D

Look at our nice cakes we found
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4358CbeideToumlrtchen_zps2539f325.jpg

I had a mousse au chocolate, that´s my favourite one :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4355CToumlrtchen_zps45255bba.jpg

But I would like to come back to this nice an yummy cake-place
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2029-06-13/Foto4359Cangegessen_zps47d71de1.jpg

Well, that´s it for today, folks, pleased to see You again :cyclops:
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 30, 2013, 7:01 pm
Hi folks,

today we visited the park with wild forest animals in Grafenberg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4384CWildpark_zps962fecb2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4387CKarte_zps8d351c9d.jpg
First I had to study the map where to find what kind of deer

The first animal I found was a mixture between a bear and an otter, what do You think, it could be?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4414CHolzotterbaumlr_zps47a1895c.jpg

Here I saw some red deer
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4395CRW_zps8e1eea59.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4396CRW_zps6c05157b.jpg

This was the plain where the fallow deer lives and where You can watch them without any fence between the visitors and the deer
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4388CParkblick_zps6db6015a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4389CParkblick_zps580e33c6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4407CSchildDW_zps79a3d697.jpg

Look at the nice spring
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4412CDW-Brunnen_zpsb22ff3ca.jpg

And here are them, the fallow deer
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4419CDW_zps46b3d2d5.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4420CDW_zps3cb2b45d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4421CDW_zpsb4889963.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4422CDW_zps3286e41c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4426CDW_zpsc2aba1d9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4427CDW_zps13da481d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4428CDW_zpsab223945.jpg

Further on we found a rascal
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4431CWB_zps55248e70.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4432CWB_zpsff117c0a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4433CWB_zps93afcd83.jpg

And here we met some wild relatives of Oink she wanted to see
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4435beideSW_zps592fe3b8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4436CWS_zps2dd296bc.jpg

But the most I liked was riding on ths wooden one :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4434CHolzschwein_zpsf0293ffe.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2030-06-13%20Wildpark%20Grafenberg/Foto4437CHolzschwein_zps71beb8f8.jpg

That´s it for today, folks
Pleasure to see You again watching my tl :D
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 3, 2013, 10:10 pm
Uiuiuiui...Strunki told me that my dearest HelmutBluepant will come home :D

So, for this great day tomorrow I wil try to cook a lentil stew, his favourite meal and Oink helps me :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-07-13/Foto4524_zps99c32787.jpg

She has to try and taste
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-07-13/Foto4525_zps4fa5703d.jpg

But what´s wrong with her? Didn´t taste it?? :o
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-07-13/Foto4526_zps78cd1f09.jpg

Are You o.k., Oink?? Is the stew sooo bad that it hits You down??
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-07-13/Foto4527_zps6254cd4a.jpg

But Oink only jokes me :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-07-13/Foto4528_zps25ed621f.jpg

She ensured me that it would be the best lentil stew she ever tasted
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2002-07-13/Foto4531_zps639dc626.jpg
And, of course You know, a stew has to stand for one day and night, on the second day it tastes much better :D

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 6, 2013, 9:08 pm
Hello World, this is Your happiest princess of plushies reporting the main event of the week:

Today is the great day when my dearest HelmutBluepant comes home, I am soooo happy to see him again after such a long time
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4505HTkommenan_zps63436aad.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4506Hwirdstuumlrmischbeguumlsst_zps3efcc138.jpg

And he brought a new friend with: TobiHH from RikeH, what a great surprise and how cute he is
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4507HstelltTvor_zps37cff920.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4508CbegruumlsstT_zpsa18a292b.jpg

Helmut was also very pleased to meet Oink - And helping her to fulfill a live mission while meeting him - another tv-pig -
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4510allevorSouvenirs_zpsccde4636.jpg

I was very impressed about the gifts and presents Helmut and Tobi donated to us, thank You very much for the yummie cookies. And how happy Helmut is with his newest tool: A shovel fpr the garden given by Dicker Kumpel and Rike :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4511allevorPostkarten_zps75e6164f.jpg
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4514alleKarte_zps3aea31db.jpg
Ahhh...Switzerland..so exclusive, so fashionable, so....expensive...
couldbetherightplaceforanoblebunnylikeme B)

Then it was time for dinner: Helmuts favourite meal: lentil stew
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After the main cours we had dessert, chocolatecovered mashmellows
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And then Helmut´s welcome-back-party started :cyclops:
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TobiHH and me had Hugo to drink, very refreshing :p

Helmut and Oink danced the strawberry dance
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And I had a strawberry on my nose...but only because I was soo happy and in funny mood, not because I was boozed...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4546C_zps0c6c89ea.jpg

Togehter with TobiHH I did the dance as well, very handsome guy and a talented dancer, Tobi ;)
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Ohhps, my strawberry felt into the glass with Hugo...
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4553CKopfstand_zps38b56781.jpg
BUT I WAS NOT DRUNK, NONONONONO

What a roaring party :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4554alle_zps84f92c59.jpg

But later we were tired and happy to find a nice place to sleep in the plushie-bag
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Fete%2003-07-13/Foto4555alleTaumlschchen_zps31baf555.jpg

That was the best day of the week, folks, thank You for Your attention ;)
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 7, 2013, 9:48 pm
Today I showed Helmut what happend in the garden and with the indoor-plants while he was away from home
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Blumen/Foto4625_zpsf5077445.jpg
This pink blossom is very nice and we both like it

The next ones were upstairs in the warmhouses
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Blumen/Foto4638_zps209c4fb3.jpg

But most he liked the huge red poppy blossom I brought a few wees ago
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Blumen/Foto4614_zpsace73921.jpg
He said the most he loves is to sit here with me :D
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 7, 2013, 11:24 pm
Today we went to an old but interesting place in Remscheid: The Steffenshammer, a very old smithy that is now a little Museum and still funcionable today and shows the visitor, how the people in the Bergisch Land formed irontools with using water as energy.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4640_zps2832ae16.jpg

The place is called Clemenshammer, but the old smithy is called Steffenshammer
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Behind me You can see a huge wheel for transmission

This is the entrance to the little half-timbered house and until the 1930s a widow with 6 children lived.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4652_zpse5f0080a.jpg
The house is very very small, you can see it at the windows.

This is the entrance
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Behind me are the narrow stairs up to the first floor but this is closed for public

Here in the main room the association that promotes the Clemenshammer, shows what tools the smithy produced in the old times and wich tools they needed and how hard and difficult the circumstances of living and working were in the so called "good old times"...
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4672_zps401d42e8.jpg

And this is the smithy itself
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4678_zpsbdea652b.jpg

Lets have a look inside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4704_zps564d7ba3.jpg

Here I am on a funny chair, it hangs from the ceiling.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4716_zps37005170.jpg
That has the reason that the smith can move for and back when the iron gets longer and longer during the process of smithering
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4715_zpsf02eb5b1.jpg
There You can see the hammer powerd by waterenergie and the anvil, where the sun shines through. It was very dark there, only the light from outside and the fire in the oven lightend the room

Lets have a look outside again and see how the water turns the huge wheel
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Uhhhuuhhh I was not amused about the cold water that sprinkled me wet but is was very powerful, what an energy, what a noise it makes...

In the garden was a small summer-party and they showed how to smith
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4735_zps17b62e43.jpg

And it was funny to see how the wafels will be baked here
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4695_zps26265e68.jpg
Hmm, yummie, of course we had one :p

Helmut and me let a balloon into freedom
First we wirte a postcard with our name and adress on
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Then the nice lady helped us to fix the postcard at the balloon
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And then....set Your Toys...ähh..sorry...Balloons free
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Oink and TobiHH won a little sheep that was happy to join out troops :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4692_zpsf8692811.jpg

And a dixie-band played nice music
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I was asked to take care of the huge tuba that nobody damages it :cyclops:
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4742_zpsd75419a5.jpg

Nice summerparty and we recreated a little moment sitting on this bank
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4743_zps1b9658de.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4744_zps45d3998b.jpg

Then we were invited to visit an astonishing park: The "Unicat of Gardens"
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4760_zpsd7511b8e.jpg
What a nice and interesting place this was

The last for today shows a typical Bergisch House with ist green shutters
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20Steffenshammer/Foto4766_zps560bd6b9.jpg
Ähh..By the way, Helmut..its for sale...wouldn´t You like the idea of living there?? :cyclops:
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 8, 2013, 6:38 pm
Hi world,

I am not sure if You are know that today is the oficcally "Day of the Kiss"?

For me reason enough to let me be invited by Helmut having a very special romantic dinner together on this hot summer evening :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4774_zps18ac9c9e.jpg
To drink we had Hugo with...Strawberry :cyclops:
And the first course started with a heart of tomato-mozzarella
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4776_zps79fc0f50.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4778_zps5636812c.jpg
That refreshes for the beginning

Our main course was a rissole-cheese-tower topped with a carrot and escorted by filled bell-chillies with hot mango-chilli-cream in heart-shape on salted crackers
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4781_zps4780547e.jpg
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4785_zpsdc8e16d0.jpg
"...Helmut...aren´t You sated? You squint on my plate a very long time?"
"Oh nonono, it was quite enough...(gulp) I only admired Your fluffy earfur"

Time for saying cheers
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"And what about a ...?", he asked me
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4789_zps539b19e3.jpg
"Yes?...A kiss?", I asked back
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4790_zps14978514.jpg
"Lotte, I want to ask You about..ähh..what is Your opinion to... " (Uiuiuiui...maybe he makes me a wedding proposal??)..."Yes, Helmut, what do You want to ask me?"

"Öööhhhm..what about the dessert?""
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"....What?????...of course, the dessert....certainly....

The dessert: Two dark and white mousse au cocolat-hearts
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4797_zps458d93cc.jpg

"One spoon for me"
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4799_zpsc1c31f67.jpg
"And one spoon for You"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4800_zpsc5ddb455.jpg

"Woooow" that was very delicious, but now let´s see the stars in the sky"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4801_zps4e386309.jpg

"Can´t be shine like Your eyes tonight"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-07-13%20CLD/Foto4803_zps7620b871.jpg

To be continued, but not for public :cyclops:
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Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 10, 2013, 8:11 am
Today was a fine and sunny day and we went to the Gruga-Park in Essen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4815_zpsd0e487a4.jpg
With about 65ha is the Gruga one of the largest Parks in Germany
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4820_zps976ce382.jpg

Look at the fantastic four fountains
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4827_zpsa9b45957.jpg

Here are the first views into the landscape of the park
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4836_zps7bbf23d9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4829_zpscee39107.jpg
And everywhere you find some more or less nice sculptures

Everywhere are nice and coloured flowers in large flowerbeds
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4837_zps107b1d71.jpg

Helmut and me liked the water lilies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4841_zpsc7414b82.jpg

From a bridge You can see the "Hundertwasserhouse"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4846_zps2fc9430f.jpg
It is in the area of the park but not open for public, because its a temporary home for children who are very ill to recreate here together with their parents

Now we come nearer to the tropical houses
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4854_zpsc629fd2e.jpg
Look at the nice Agapanthus

And the Angel trumpet (Brugmansia or Datura) is even huge
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4857_zps82e2784c.jpg

In the cactus-hall
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4875_zpsdfe6d77c.jpg
A golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii). Some people call it also "seat of mother in law" :cyclops:

And this drago reminds us at tenerife
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4879_zpsdf194305.jpg

Now we change to the bonsai area
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4886_zps106aeed8.jpg
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4889_zpsf210a9ea.jpg

And here is the best: the view from the Gruga-Tower
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4949_zps975b9850.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4950_zpsac0a986b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4953_zpsda17b2f2.jpg
Don´t forget, we are still in the middle of a City in the Ruhr-Area, Essen

That was the trip for today with our guests TobiHH and Oink
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-07-13%20Gruga/Foto4965_zps04d30b09.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 10, 2013, 3:55 pm
Oh what a happy day: Mefito reached us and all plushies gave him a very warm welcome.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Mefito%20Ankunft%2009-07-13/Foto5015_zps89a7922a.jpg

He likes to sit on my lap and I like the feeling to give him protection
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Mefito%20Ankunft%2009-07-13/Foto5016_zpsd9943d21.jpg

In my poppy-blossom we sat together a long time and he told me about his adventures on his journeys
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Mefito%20Ankunft%2009-07-13/Foto5014_zpsf247f9ec.jpg
and he whispered to me that he likes the little Oink very much ;)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Mefito%20Ankunft%2009-07-13/Foto5013_zps2a0ba9d9.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 12, 2013, 3:55 pm
Hello World,
today our adventure to the Northern Sea starts :D

So we packed our things we need there to have fun and Strunki cared, that we have safe seats during our journey :rolleyes:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5054_zpsf1dcc7f3.jpg
But she convinced us that we will have a better view from this side :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5059_zps28d8e779.jpg
So let´s start our journey to Büsum
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 12, 2013, 4:05 pm
Now we have done the most of the journey and drive to direction Hamburg :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5068_zps12e3ae1a.jpg
There we see the first views of Hamburg, I am so happy to see the town, my dearest Helmut likes so much since he has been there with RikeH and the other plushies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5069_zps6e1ef009.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5070_zpsee7c45a1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5072_zpsf9c13914.jpg
But we want to go further so we have to drive trough the Elbtunnel
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5073_zpsd52aed74.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5074_zpsf3de0ec0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5075_zps11dace10.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5076_zps5f5ea9ea.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5078_zps70d6d52c.jpg
Woow, that tunnel is quite amazing, even for such an travel-experienced hare bunny like me :o

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 12, 2013, 4:12 pm
During the travel we had a lot of fun together
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5087_zps0ac61ba6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5098_zps1f7269ca.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5099_zpse896ad0f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5100_zps1bf0174a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5101_zps144006e9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5102_zpse7fa0a16.jpg

Then we passed the Channel that connects the Northern and the Baltic sea
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5091_zpsee06cacc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5092_zpsf825ee43.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5093_zps68372967.jpg

Now its not so far anymore and the rest of the way is done very fast
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5110_zps7963f136.jpg
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http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5114_zps55dafc71.jpg
This windmill looks great
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 12, 2013, 4:15 pm
Now we are in Büsum and had a late dinner there under the sky :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5115_zps8e11846f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5116_zps3f9605ac.jpg
And we are very happy and tired enough to have a nice place in the sleeping-bag :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-07-13%20Anreise%20Buesum/Foto5118_zpsc5307b90.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 13, 2013, 6:03 am
Today the weather was not as sunny as the days before, the people told us...
So Helmut has to wait until he can put his shovel into the sand...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5151_zpsa475b544.jpg
But we spent a nice day at the harbour of Büsum and saw a lot of ships
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5119_zpse956c3ac.jpg
Most of them are shrimp boats, because Büsum is famous for shrimpfishing
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5147_zps2da8145d.jpg
but some other nice ships are here as well in the old harbour part
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5163_zpsacb7a8e0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5169_zpsb891075d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5170_zps9e6cfee4.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5177_zps0c150075.jpg

Here is a ship at the wharf
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5155_zps2ba338ea.jpg
Nice to see people working when you are on holiday :cyclops:

But we didn´t only see ships there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5130_zps4198bb5c.jpg
This is an old light-fire

And here are some tons and nets from older times
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5134_zps6e506c1b.jpg

And here You can see the modern lighthouse of Büsum
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5139CHh_zps7e330037.jpg

In the centre a nice clock
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5146CHh_zps8eafa01e.jpg

And a train for tourists
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5123_zps74f9656e.jpg

Some ships came in
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5181_zpsaa423e4b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5197_zps8ba23e8b.jpg
and some came out of the harbour

But we also saw some animals, can You see the little hatchlings of the black-headed gull [Larus ridibundus]?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5189_zps0128b073.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5190_zpscc9aff8f.jpg

Then we drove bicycle and bought some shrimps
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5140_zps09433c48.jpg
Here with the cute boy Mefito
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5141_zpsf1d29579.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5164_zps88924cb2.jpg
What a nice first full day
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5199_zpsf8817cfb.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-07-13%20Buesum/Foto5203_zps16d86d65.jpg


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 14, 2013, 5:38 am
Today we spent the complete day on the beach of Büsum: The new Pearl Lagoon. Altough heaven was very cloudy, it wasn´t very cold...until the wind came...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5207_zps384e9995.jpg
There is a dam in the middle where You can walk on to the sandy beach
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5259_zpsc841494e.jpg
This is the view from the other side
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5261_zps58e09ed3.jpg
A lot of colurful tents with shops are there
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5262_zps2101b1af.jpg

The first we did was playing in the sand
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5232_zps48d18793.jpg
Helmut with his shovel filled a bucket with sand together with TobiHH
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5233_zps5a44c101.jpg
There we built a little castle of sand
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5234_zps84494518.jpg
He is sooo happy about his blue shovel from RikeH and Dicker Kumpel :D

Then we had fun on the water
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5235_zps5b29a0aa.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5236_zps82b25154.jpg
Well, me not really, my top of my left longear became wet... :o
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5238_zps670a77d1.jpg

After Swimming we chilled in a huge circle swing
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http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5230_zps8d08ad91.jpg
That was a lot of fun for us all :D

In the afternoon we heard a shanty choire singing
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5250_zps0d999970.jpg
Helmut an me knew most of the songs and we sang the whole time.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-07-13%20Strand/Foto5253_zpsd48293f5.jpg
Together with Helmut I swayed to the music  :D

That was it for today, tomorrow we plan to drive to Friederchskoog and want to visit the seal-station






Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 15, 2013, 8:10 pm
Today we visited the Sealstation in Friedrichskoog, founded in the early 80thies to hatch baby seals lost their mothers
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5316C_zps179f5ec4.jpg
There is a large tower to climb on and You have a wonderful view all over the landscape

At first we learned the difference between a common seal or harbour seal and a grey seal
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5351_zps90c6fca3.jpg
Then we climbed on the tower to have a first view from above
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5300_zps00526e3c.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5301_zps33fb2c3e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5303_zps04058876.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5290_zps602dc7de.jpg
There You can see a building formed as a whale, it´s an indoor-playground for children

In the pools are a lot of small baby seals to hatch
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5295_zpsfba7df46.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5305_zps0066408b.jpg
They have been found on the beaches at the northern sea without their mothers and brought here to take care of them until they are old enough
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5323_zps3300e14a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5333_zps0a4c65f0.jpg

But You can also watch adult seals.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5286_zps6f128f46.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5338_zps383b52d4.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5348_zps987b3528.jpg
The huge dark one is a grey seal
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5281_zps9858ad43.jpg
and this is a harbour seal
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5342_zpsb50c9cbc.jpg
They are not able to live on their own because they were ill as babys

Can You see me on the largest seal I have ever seen?
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5309_zpsda5409f0.jpg

Here I am with a real seal
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5326_zpsef470e76.jpg

At the end alltogether we donated an amount for the station
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5330_zps2e27af3a.jpg

What a nice and informative place
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Friedrichskoog/Foto5276_zps9738edf7.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 15, 2013, 9:17 pm
In the afternoon we vistited Meldorf, a very old town with an impressive dome, almost a cathedral.

The first we did was drinking koffee at the nice "Dome-Café" at the market, it was a very good advice by mcdaniels who knows the place very well, and, Meldorf is also the birthplace of Soeren, her funny elk.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Meldorf/Foto5368C_zps06061425.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Meldorf/Foto5370_zpsaf403e04.jpg
See us plushies having coffee, strawberry-cake and a huge portion of curd with honey and crunchies :p

Then we saw some nice old houses there around the market
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Meldorf/Foto5398_zpsdc358a66.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Meldorf/Foto5406_zps96d280e6.jpg

The dome was still open in the afternoon
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Meldorf/Foto5358_zps129ea1ac.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Meldorf/Foto5364_zps099d825e.jpg

So we went into the dome and saw the impressive interiour there
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Meldorf/Foto5375_zps94335a8a.jpg
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http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Meldorf/Foto5395_zps0f123adb.jpg
Light was a little bit difficult, Strunki apologizes for that :thinking:

Before we went home we saw this nice blooming rosebush at a house
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Meldorf/Foto5410_zps1fe13abe.jpg
I loved it to take a bath in theese wonderful roses
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/14-07-13%20Meldorf/Foto5419_zpsbe585e37.jpg

That was a nice sunday here in the North
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 17, 2013, 6:34 am
Today we drove to the Eidersperrwerk, that is a huge protection building against storm tides and connects Dithmarschen in the south and Eiderstedt in the north
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Eidersperrwerk/Foto425_zpsa2f6fb9a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Eidersperrwerk/Foto434_zpse9355305.jpg
It was built between 1967 and 1973 and has its 40th anniversary this year

It is almost 250m long and about 15m high
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Eidersperrwerk/Foto5421_zps4bdb6c1b.jpg
There You can see the huge double portals to close or to open up and down

Here we are on the top, you can walk above and the cars drive under the way
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Eidersperrwerk/Foto5443_zpsc28b99e3.jpg
There is a bridge that can be opened for ships
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Eidersperrwerk/Foto5439_zps3007a144.jpg

From the top You have a beautiful view on the river Eider
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Eidersperrwerk/Foto5448_zps6c3de120.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Eidersperrwerk/Foto5453_zpsdd5d5064.jpg

But we want to go on by car and so we drove the tunnel
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Eidersperrwerk/Foto5455_zpsab9ece3a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Eidersperrwerk/Foto5456_zps9ab3d03e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Eidersperrwerk/Foto5457_zpscc51d57a.jpg
That was exciting!
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 17, 2013, 11:43 am
After the Eidersperrwerk we drove on to St.-Peter-Ording
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto4504_zps8720c8fa.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto4520_zps424fe9c3.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto4507_zpsc5b777a5.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto4512_zps59489c12.jpg
In the old village are nice houses with beautiful gardens

Strunki promised us that there is also a large beach with a lot of sand where we can build sandcastles
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto4522_zps55b2cfbe.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto4526C_zpsa79e80e7.jpg
Such a castle we want to build :cyclops:

O.K., let´s drive to the beach
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto4536_zps748cf86c.jpg
Well, not only TO the beach but ON the beach itsself
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto4535_zps2cc113fb.jpg
This place is the only one in Germany where You are allowed to drive on the beach by car, its unique...

I had to take care that the plushies dig a moat around our castle B) 
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto4540_zps5bc940e2.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5460_zps36c62298.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5465_zps7a256610.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5466_zps26bf0b7b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5467_zpse475c4df.jpg
I must admit, it hasn´t the same size of the sandcastle we saw in the village but we had a lot of fun building it  ;)

After so much work we had to recreate in the beachchair
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5482_zps22ad37f3.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5483_zps44a242d1.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5484_zps5a600a1f.jpg

Then we found a kite
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5474_zpsf2589bf0.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5475_zpsefa34d6d.jpg
It was complete and so we started kiting
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5475C_zpsc1baeb48.jpg

After kiting and so much activities on the beach we had to chill out again in a lounge at one of the famous stilt houses
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5494_zps5647e9f7.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20St-Peter-Ording/Foto5488_zps9fe3e405.jpg
What a great place (when the sun shines...)

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 17, 2013, 11:54 am
On our way back from St.-Peter-Ording we made a short trip to Toenning
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Toenning/Foto5436_zpscf4337f9.jpg
This is an old town with nice houses and a beautiful small harbour
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Toenning/Foto5451_zps7c415bf9.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Toenning/Foto5461_zps793d224a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Toenning/Foto5463C_zps5f057845.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Toenning/Foto5534_zpse4b8f52a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Toenning/Foto5537_zpse6e08181.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/15-07-13%20Toenning/Foto5545_zps5419ac7d.jpg
What a full day :D
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 17, 2013, 2:09 pm
Today we visited another very old town with interesting dutch architecture and small water canals trough the town
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5571_zps76ddc4d6.jpg
Here are some first impressions from the market place and the dutch facades
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5576_zps5580ef1e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5581_zpsd97f9124.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5586_zpsa29b5759.jpg
Here is one of the canals with nice bridges

Everywhere You find nice portals and rosebushes at the housefronts
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5591_zps7686ef5e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5593_zpsc9c29e32.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5594_zps3a07ccce.jpg
The people even have flowers planted in their boats...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5598C_zps76f746e4.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5604_zps1bf1aa5b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5606_zps30bc441b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5607_zps8671751b.jpg

Then we had the idea to make a guided roundtrip through the canals by boat
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5611_zpsc2ec4783.jpg
That was a great fun to see the town from the waterside
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5617_zps4dd30b90.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5624_zps70c978c8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5634_zps40eecfad.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5642_zps6cb90653.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5648_zps9f5a0e3b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5653_zps73faea23.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5661_zps0514fbc6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5664_zps4ca8b330.jpg
I like this bridge in dutch style
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5678_zps6f0fe14e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5671_zps08a0b6be.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5683_zpseaa99319.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5688_zps6082d6f6.jpg
Now we are on the river Treene
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5693_zpsd76bad29.jpg

A great day with much to see
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-07-13%20Friedrichstadt/Foto5703C_zps2c09d64c.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 19, 2013, 6:12 am
Today we made a walk across the mudflats and saw some interesting things
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5889_zpse9cec898.jpg
At first we noticed the sign that You have to be careful because of the tide
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5882_zpsd685555b.jpg
Then we started our walk
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5893_zps063df5fa.jpg
and found our first shell
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5891_zpsb3b3ca8d.jpg
Helmut put it into his bucket
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5892_zpsf798a404.jpg
Then we walked further on
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5894_zps55909ac5.jpg
and found some more interesting habitants of the mudflat
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5900_zps3eac4242.jpg
O.K., this is not a lugworm [Arenicola marina] itself but the little hills he makes when the water is not there :cyclops:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5895_zps62727a79.jpg
But it looks very interesting

The next we found was seaweed or little kelp
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5905_zpsdbc73d3c.jpg

And here are some very very very small edible crabs, in German it is called Taschenkrebs  [Cancer pagurus]
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5906_zps38dc32aa.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5907_zps8343c7db.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5921_zpsb4cbc6f6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5922_zpsac743521.jpg
Here is a bigger one

Some different seaweed
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5928_zps2e33b071.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5929_zps8c1c40b8.jpg

And here is a jellyfish
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5918_zps8fc9fa73.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5919_zpsefe5758b.jpg

Here are some more different shells
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5912_zps46f2f901.jpg

The nice guide digged a bit and in the mud we found this interesting worm
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5926_zps7dd73fef.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5927_zpsde363447.jpg
This is a clam worm, in German Borstenwurm [Nereis sp.]

But here is the real lugworm [Arenicola marina]
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5923_zpsfce63021.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5925_zpsb086e39c.jpg
It tries to dig itself back into the mud, it doesn´t like the sun

Then the hightide came back and we finished our mudflat-walk
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5917_zpsc4d16c53.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5931_zpsb08ee201.jpg
And came back safe to the point we started
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/18-07-13%20Wattwanderung-Schafe/Foto5932_zpscb0c1392.jpg
What an interesting day

That´s it for today

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 19, 2013, 10:06 pm
Today it was not sunny enough for the beach so we decided to go on the market
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto5977_zpsd34ffd64.jpg

It´s a nice and colourful market with lots of local products
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto5987_zpsd47c1316.jpg
Here are the greengrocers

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto5978_zps9beec6fe.jpg
and there You get some nice fruits

Here is the fish
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto6000_zps933b0523.jpg

A lot of cheese
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto6002_zps379a06c9.jpg

Meat and sausages from the butcher
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto6009_zpsf565f335.jpg

But not only groceries You find here
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto6012_zps8d92353a.jpg
Flags, kites, windbells and
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto6019_zps0972296f.jpg
sheep...o.k., no real ones

Flowers and plants
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto6021_zps967ab120.jpg

But what do we want to buy on the market? After a first view we decided to buy some apples
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto5988_zps2253f816.jpg

this fruit market stall looks very nice
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto5994_zpsfdb46b45.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto5995_zpsd2860359.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Buesum%20Markt/Foto5993_zps9c5f0129.jpg
Yummy apples we bought there
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 20, 2013, 8:06 pm
Our next walk lead us to the old church of Büsum, St. Clemens
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6064_zps36ad9c38.jpg
In a small park sat this kind person, it is the statue of Neocorus, he was one of the first pastors of Büsum and wrote a Chronicle about the Dithmarschen
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6068_zpse3361bdf.jpg
We went inside and found a very nice and interesting interiour
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6069_zps779b9fc1.jpg
What an impressive pulpit
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6078C_zps0337ce63.jpg
Wonderful old curchwindows and the altar
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6079_zps0670d29f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6080C_zps4759a2a4.jpg
And a ship from the ceiling
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6093_zps9a992025.jpg

Outside we found this nice building, the old mailstation
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6097_zpsabcbcfe5.jpg

There we had typical tea with milk and rock candy
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6054_zps5e2b3e56.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6057_zps0122a8cd.jpg

On our way to the promenade we found this thatched-roof house
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6026_zps8e18ba0e.jpg
Its very new builded

At the promenade waited a suprise: They rebuild the dykes and the old beach is closed at this season
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6032_zpsfe7ed904.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6037_zps3faaad56.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6038_zps3daf99e9.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6044_zpsea63cec2.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Alt%20Buesum/Foto6050_zps921a4bac.jpg
O.K., let´s see what we will find in Heide
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 20, 2013, 8:37 pm
At next we visited Heide, the hugest town in the near
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide/Foto6101_zps0fd1db21.jpg

Here is the old church, but unfortenatuly it was closed
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide/Foto6104_zpse6d3375f.jpg

A nice fountain with St. Georg on the top
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide/Foto6110_zps99dd146c.jpg

A large pedestrian zone with many nice shops
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide/Foto6114_zps8772ea79.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide/Foto6122_zps1013bf1c.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide/Foto6127_zps4489acda.jpg

But we came to Heide for antother reason, a very special plant nursery
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 20, 2013, 9:57 pm
And here we are
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide%20Gaertnerei%20Oestereich/Foto6132_zps0d3e0125.jpg

This nursery shows its attractions not on the first view, its a little bit hided
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide%20Gaertnerei%20Oestereich/Foto6137_zpsa070622f.jpg
A café is there as well

Rare plants You can find outside there
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide%20Gaertnerei%20Oestereich/Foto6140_zps442999f9.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide%20Gaertnerei%20Oestereich/Foto6159_zpsda21d7a8.jpg
or inside the huge warmhouse with a huge figtree in the centre

and wonderful roses
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide%20Gaertnerei%20Oestereich/Foto6147_zps6dd99314.jpg
Even some chicken we met, but they are not fo sale
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide%20Gaertnerei%20Oestereich/Foto6155_zps9a463e7c.jpg

At least, the sheep outside and next to an old farmers garden
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/19-07-13%20Heide%20Gaertnerei%20Oestereich/Foto6150_zps43309665.jpg

hat a wonderful and peaceful place
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 21, 2013, 11:13 am
Hello world,

today the weather is fine enough again for going to the naturist beach in front of the dyke.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6199_zpsb24a6811.jpg

There we enjoy the landscape
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6164_zps7de78b2f.jpg

Look what we found in a dustbin
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6165_zpsec9b96bf.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6166_zps4d3fce15.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6167_zpse11fedb4.jpg

A large piece of thin cloth and a bag with rods
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6165_zpsec9b96bf.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6166_zps4d3fce15.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6167_zpse11fedb4.jpg

We take it with us and try what it could be
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6168_zps19a38693.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6170_zps5f935d4d.jpg
Then we built it up
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6171_zpsca9e5012.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6172_zps9ec2ea25.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6174_zps00b5ccb6.jpg
Ready!
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6181_zps1fad2b6e.jpg
That looks great
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6183_zpsab65bd28.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6185_zps618f20cf.jpg

It´s a beachshelter
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6186_zps8e97195b.jpg
We have a lot of fun inside
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6187_zps4926312f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6188_zpscf4e6dc7.jpg
and outside
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto5873_zps45d1d3ec.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto5874_zps2ab422a2.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto5876_zps6bef2f05.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto6194_zpsf5a6226b.jpg

In the afternoon we left the beach and met some sheep, even small lambs
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto5938_zps7a637731.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto5939_zps3a1e3181.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto5940_zpsc66a38bf.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto5944_zpsea97026c.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-07-13%20Strandmuschel%20und%20Schafe/Foto5949_zps3df71ae8.jpg

Great day :D
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 21, 2013, 5:43 pm
Today is our last day in Büsum :(

But You don´t guess what we were able to do, because the wind was optimale for this: We did plushie-kiting :cyclops:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5798_zps13c39b89.jpg
Do You remember the kite we found in St.-Peter-Ording?
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5799_zpsee130b16.jpg
We built it up
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5800_zps4f7dc442.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5801_zps727d1fc8.jpg

At first I was not sure, but Helmut gave me an instruction during the tandem together with him
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5794_zps8cb40c62.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5795_zps3cf4254d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5749_zps17960d7e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5742_zps166a7b08.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5743_zpse123eb88.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5745_zps153757e3.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5741_zps332e7534.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5744_zps0aee1826.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5747_zps03d8a1ed.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5746_zpsc1666b12.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5748_zpseacf3c9c.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5750_zpsce83b291.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5796_zpsafbf30fb.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5797_zpsc817473d.jpg
That was the greatest I ever did

But now I want to start a second time on my own
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5712_zpsf6dd0f2d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5711_zps9ef2e624.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5715_zpsb9376844.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5718_zps4d605f4d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5713_zpsfd3bb9a5.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5716_zpsd5c7cccc.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5710_zpsf2650816.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5717_zps70effb1a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Stoffiekiten/Foto5803_zps646f546e.jpg
I love it :D

That was our last and nicest adventure here at the North Sea
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 22, 2013, 10:54 pm
This is my last evening in Büsum and we wanted to celebrate this with some nice photos of the sundown we watched here, when the evening sky is clear enough to see the sun going down into the sea.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5956_zpsed50fff0.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5951_zps90232c77.jpg

So only enjoy the following pics without any large comments and feel, how great our time here was when You look into our deep relaxed faces :D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5969_zps3035933e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5970_zpse3b3ad3f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5962_zpsbcfa67a6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5961_zpsbbbc2c9b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5863_zpsf36f155f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5841_zps0f786e56.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5963_zps3d0af125.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5853_zpsd9cbfe29.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto6201_zps5a00c2d9.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5843_zps80bcf5b9.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto5844_zpsd7bace1b.jpg

And even the moon waved me a last good bye...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Sonnenuntergang/Foto6208_zps28dd9b0b.jpg
Good bye Büsum...
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 23, 2013, 9:47 am
Today was a very special day with two events: We visited Sülfeld
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6218_zpsb1271de8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6220_zpse40fce19.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6221_zps59dc3bf2.jpg
There we brought TobiHH back to his home to RikeH and we picked up Gozer
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6222_zps1f0f2d9c.jpg
All plushies there gave us a warm welcome
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6223_zps3cfd917d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6224_zps94dbf1b2.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6225_zpse0a5c7ac.jpg
Here we hugged each other

Wooow, Dicker Kumpel, Helmuts old pal welcomes me
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6227_zps063bf437.jpg
I am very honoured to meet my first other TV-Bunny

And here I say hello to Kleine Fee, very pleased to meet You
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6230_zpse7c5c19e.jpg
She´s admirable

Then it was time for some yummy sweets
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6234_zps5cb7fe94.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6235_zps3bf719e2.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6236_zpscd9dfa23.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6238_zps1dea8b69.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6239_zpsa40fc0ec.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6240_zps2104eee3.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6241_zps63ea31be.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6242_zps7d176ce7.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6243_zpsc4e88bed.jpg
What a great tv-meeting, we talked a lot and had much fun hearing the stories
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6245_zps60f02878.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6248_zps3c8636eb.jpg


Here I talk to Gozer  and he will come with us
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6250_zps9bd2c37f.jpg
Very handsome guy :p

Then it was time to say good bye to TobiHH
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/22-07-13%20Besuch%20bei%20Rike/Foto6255_zps469d8b1a.jpg

What an eventful day!
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 24, 2013, 6:16 am
Today I got a new pair of shower sandals...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Lotte%20und%20Mefito/Foto5807_zps3929defe.jpg
O.K., I know exatly what You think now, but I LIKE them
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Lotte%20und%20Mefito/Foto5808_zps673007f2.jpg
I had a hard discussion with Strunki...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Lotte%20und%20Mefito/Foto5809C_zpsccc04193.jpg
She thinks it is ridiculous that a hare bunny must have sandals...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Lotte%20und%20Mefito/Foto5810_zpsdffca3bb.jpg
But in the end, it was MY decision, not hers...

Then it was time to comb my sweet little foster-son Mefito
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Lotte%20und%20Mefito/Foto5814_zps0e202145.jpg
He likes combing very much
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Lotte%20und%20Mefito/Foto5815_zps347597fc.jpg
...only dony by me, no question...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Lotte%20und%20Mefito/Foto5816_zpsf270ae7d.jpg
even his tail I had to detangle
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Lotte%20und%20Mefito/Foto5820_zpsc2b44cb3.jpg
but now he´s handsome again
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-07-13%20Lotte%20und%20Mefito/Foto5818_zps34b6fbfb.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 31, 2013, 2:16 pm
Hello World,

certainly You have waited a long time to see and read some news about my fantastic life as a TV :cyclops:

Today I made a shopping-trip to the capital of elegance and fashion 
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5003_zpsac3c176f.jpg
Strike!!!
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5004_zps1bc1e226.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5005_zpsce2902cc.jpg
Eventually I am on the Kö

Here I found an astonishing bike: a riksha
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4971_zps9d63a61e.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4972_zps5691aac2.jpg
The chauffeur was kind an brought me to the old town of Düsseldorf

The old town-hall
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4975_zps4c736517.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4977_zps6de30287.jpg

An impressive equestrian statue of Jan Wellem
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4976_zpsca96bd33.jpg

Some very nice buildings and shops
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4973_zps922f4e4c.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4978_zpsaa0671af.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4982_zps9edb14d2.jpg

The famous Irish Pub
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4979_zpsec78a4ed.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4980_zps49a2480b.jpg

And other beer-bars
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4985_zpsc507bc5a.jpg
The "Uerige"

Here I am on the "Düsseldorfer Cartwheeler"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4984_zpsa4f55cc6.jpg

From here You have a nice view to the rhinebanks
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4986_zps3e6705e2.jpg

And here I found a statue of the Bergisch Lion
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4987_zpsee19ae4f.jpg

In this nice shop You get a speciality of the area: Killepitsch
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4974_zps73502ead.jpg

Back on my way to the Kö again
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4988_zps71337277.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4989_zpsd059e950.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4991_zps2e2e13ec.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4992_zpsde876d95.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4993_zpsa3b4bc86.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4994_zps8d6e4dfe.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4995_zps47bbfbbf.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4996_zpsec77153b.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4997_zps40458597.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4998_zps78620d46.jpg
Here we are again
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4999_zps8be8a8b8.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5002_zpsf4fd964d.jpg

This is the small river Düssel
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5000_zpsd542762a.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5001_zpsc63055fc.jpg

Time for a coffee now
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4970_zps4f74afc6.jpg

Lets go on and see what I could find here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5006_zps4c4a7fd3.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4969_zpsfd0cffa0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5007_zpse427c578.jpg

That would be the right car for me :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4966_zps457946bf.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4967_zpsc2a861a4.jpg
...but not in red....
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto4968_zpsba46f077.jpg
I prefer the white ones....

The fashion this season doesn´t thrill me at all...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5008_zps6485dfea.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5009_zpsa41c3701.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5011_zpscfeb7a11.jpg

The glass dome fascinates me
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5010_zpsdf44d74e.jpg

But in the end I have enough pickings for today :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/Charlotte%2009-07-13%20D-Dorf/Foto5012_zps2ebb853b.jpg

That´s it for today, folks, see You soon
Yours
Charlotte of the Longears








Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jul 31, 2013, 10:10 pm
Hi World, :D

today we made a little walk through the pedestrian zone of Wuppertal-Barmen
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-07-13%20TVS%20in%20Barmen/Foto6320_zpsc2d933c0.jpg
Here we start at the beginning. Behind me You can see a station in old style of the suspension railway (Schwebebahn), but in the holidays it doesn´t drive, because of the huge renovation that lasts almost 10 years for the whole railway...

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-07-13%20TVS%20in%20Barmen/Foto6318_zps8a04b1f4.jpg
One of the nicer pre-war buildings there. A lot of houses were destroyed in WWII and the houses they built up after it, are only functional, but not very nice...

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-07-13%20TVS%20in%20Barmen/Foto6310_zps089aad35.jpg
This is the formerly "Hall of fame" , built at the end of the 19th. century. Now its "the house of the youth" and sometimes bands playing there.

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-07-13%20TVS%20in%20Barmen/Foto6325_zps96a78777.jpg
Here we play with 3 huge bronce turtles. They have their home in the pedestrian zone and are very popular, almost by the kids who want to sit on them.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-07-13%20TVS%20in%20Barmen/Foto6324_zpsbaa8cb9a.jpg

This is the town-hall of barmen, built in the late 20ths of the 20th century
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-07-13%20TVS%20in%20Barmen/Foto6287_zpsd90cfcb9.jpg
And bronce-animals again, but much older, here as colums of large lanterns
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-07-13%20TVS%20in%20Barmen/Foto6294_zpse7846651.jpg

Here we sit on the basic of one of them
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-07-13%20TVS%20in%20Barmen/Foto6297_zps106a6596.jpg

And we met "Tuffi"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-07-13%20TVS%20in%20Barmen/Foto6282_zpsd4a919cf.jpg
He is very famous here, in the 50ths he jumped out of the suspension railway and fell into the Wupper. Nothing seriously happend to him
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-07-13%20TVS%20in%20Barmen/Foto6286_zpsa30687a3.jpg

That was our little walk
Love and hugs to all of You
See You
Yours Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Aug 4, 2013, 6:22 pm
Hello World,

today we were witness of a very rare spectacle: Another selenicereus grandiflorus opens his blossom tonight and we watched it in the garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6335_zps63518af5.jpg
This is the half open blossom at about 21:00
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6331_zps21b6df52.jpg

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6337_zpsb5b19aee.jpg
And here half an hour later
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6341_zpse75a20f3.jpg

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6343_zpsd9255c4a.jpg
The blossom is almost open at about 22:00
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6347_zpsc89cbba7.jpg

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6343_zpsd9255c4a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6351_zps87e81dd7.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6356_zps210dcda8.jpg
Now at about 23:00 the blossom is fully open
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6349_zps96cfb8ef.jpg

What a great event
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6365_zps429a200c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6361_zpsc3743d1a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6371_zps3f29b5e8.jpg

And this is the closed and faded blossom in the next morning.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/Foto6374_zps812701ce.jpg

See and love You
bye for now
Yours
Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Aug 7, 2013, 2:22 pm
Big surprise :p :p :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6379_zpsda2f6439.jpg
Today a huge parcel came from RikeH
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6380_zps86b9e7ac.jpg
O.K., it was for Strunki, but she allowed us plushies to open and see what´s in it
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6381_zpsed55642e.jpg
What could be in the parcel??
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6382_zps0af48fba.jpg
Woooow, a lot of funny and yummy things for us plushies :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6383_zps3a2b34d8.jpg
A very nice individual birthday card from RikeH, Dicker Kumpel, Kleine Fee and all the other plushies there in Sülfeld

Oink found an alarm clock and she said it could be for me
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6386_zpsa573f86b.jpg
Thanks a lot, Kleine Fee :D

Then the guys packed out the main item of the parcel
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6387_zps24d8f0e1.jpg
A bath tube for us plushies :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6388_zpscbce95bf.jpg
What a cool idea, Thanks a lot, RikeH :D
I often admired Dicker Kumpel´s bath tube and now we have also one
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6389_zps1bd2378c.jpg
Its full with yummy lolli-pops :p
Hey, it has exactly the right size for me
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6393_zpsbdc7e7dc.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6394_zps477c124e.jpg

What a marvelous present :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6395_zpscbf306b6.jpg
It fits even togehter with Helmut
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6396_zps340030db.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6397_zps265d234f.jpg

At first we try out the magic towel
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6398_zps2ff85131.jpg

Fill some water in the tube an watch the towel growing
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6399_zps1a042ae8.jpg

Look how it becomes bigger and larger
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6400_zps1d94af0d.jpg

Ready!
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6401_zpscbcd5e09.jpg
What a nice picture

Then Helmut puts some bathing essences in the water
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6402_zps9c852b22.jpg

Of course Helmut has to test the water temperature first, before I would put myself into it :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6404_zps02d72bb4.jpg
And now we both
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6405_zpsdc80f590.jpg
Fits great!

I wash Helmuts head
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6406_zps36992212.jpg

And he cleans my ears
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6407_zpsc6923e61.jpg

What a wonderful feeling being in the bath tube
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6408_zpsf7737dbd.jpg
But now we had to dry in the sun
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-08-13%20Seli/02-08-13%20Badewanne/Foto6409_zps00030af1.jpg
A very special event for us, outdoorbathing :cyclops:
Thanks a lot, RikeH, Dicker Kumpel and Kleine Fee
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Aug 8, 2013, 6:18 am
Today we had to say good bye to the little Oink
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-08-13%20Oinks%20Abschied/Foto6427_zps5e67241e.jpg
She has to travel on to Uchte

I gave her some chocolate because I know from Helmut that a little pig is always hungry on a journey :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-08-13%20Oinks%20Abschied/Foto6437_zps8c3a7c01.jpg
Then we hugged each other
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-08-13%20Oinks%20Abschied/Foto6438_zps70e35ec7.jpg

A postcard from all of us that she can show where she has been
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-08-13%20Oinks%20Abschied/Foto6439_zpse37c9b12.jpg

Then she jumped into her envelope and we plushies waved her a last good bye
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-08-13%20Oinks%20Abschied/Foto6440_zps57787b37.jpg
Have a nice journey, sweet Oink and I hope we will see us again
Yours
Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Aug 10, 2013, 7:47 am
Hello World,

today we made a contest who of us is able to do the ballet split with the most elegance :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6445_zpsde9d520e.jpg
As You can see I do it very well, but...

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6446_zps62f7391d.jpg
Helmut did brave his best, but his legs are too short for doing it elegantly...

Mefito did it also very well
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6447_zpsd74aecea.jpg

We choose Gozer as the winner, he did it in a very accurate manner
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6448_zps008133d1.jpg

Then suddenly an envelope arrived us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6449_zpsb2a60bf4.jpg

We expect Laika, who was sent by mcdaniels
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6450_zps74a0811f.jpg
Helmut cut the envelope very carefully with his garden shears

We heard a thin voice tellling us, that her name is Laika
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6451_zps9bddb26f.jpg

What a cute and friendly looking doggie
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6454_zpsc1e11551.jpg

Then she came out of her envelope
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6456_zps1d9f3167.jpg

And we gave her a warm welcome and hugged her
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6457_zps6d4a4daf.jpg

And she showed us the postcard Mefitos Mum wrote
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6458_zps38bb7880.jpg

Then we sat together, enjoying the yummy gumbears mcdaniels gave Laika with her for us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6459_zps47299e2b.jpg

And we had a nice evening with listening to Laikas adventures
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6460_zpsfd7dcee6.jpg
Mefito was asking her a lot about his home and she told him that almost is all right at home
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/09-08-13%20Laika%20Ankunft/Foto6461_zpsff29eb14.jpg
What a wonderful meeting with the little Laika
Yours
Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Aug 11, 2013, 6:01 pm
Hello World,

You never guess where we have been today: We went to Weert in Limburg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6473_zps7593ac86.jpg

Nice houses I saw in the pedestrian area
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6527_zpsc89ce121.jpg

And a tavern called „De oude Munt“ in the passage
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6532_zpsf5e49cbd.jpg

Nice shops like a shoemaker
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6521_zps096f7311.jpg
They even have shoes in plushie-size :cyclops:

A water pump for horses perhaps and nice old buildings again
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6547_zpse840975c.jpg

Here is even a purveyor to the Royal Household
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6552_zps31756377.jpg
This is certainly the right shop for me, a jewellery B)

I like this little Fiat Bambino very much
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6534_zpsbf78e8a0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6533_zps10aced77.jpg

Then we looked for something to drinkhttp://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6468_zps2c553314.jpg

O.K., we looked for something other, much more typical for the region
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6507_zps095de699.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6508_zps7ad9b40c.jpg
A trappist beer and the famous bitterbollen with mustard
It was very yummy :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6510_zps131d2f82.jpg

And I liked the beer very much
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6511_zpsf297e41f.jpg

What a nice town, Weert
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6543_zpsb640f936.jpg

On our way back we visited the old Windmill „Aurora Molen" near Baexem
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6558_zpse6abb406.jpg
Very nice, built in 1845 and restored a few years ago
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6563_zpsa031c16a.jpg

But there was no beer or something to eat and we went back to Remscheid
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-08-13%20Weert/Foto6567_zpsae0274a7.jpg

That´s for today, my dear fans
See You soon
Yours Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Aug 17, 2013, 11:25 pm
Helle World,

great news today: Hase has arrived :D

But before we were able to give her a warm welcome, Gozer, Mefito, Laika and me played a round "Man, don´t worry" and drank some refreshable Hugo with Mintleaf :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6576_zpsd050c0e6.jpg
I had the yellow stones
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6579_zpsfc41a915.jpg
But it run bad for me
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6581_zps86057dde.jpg
O.K., unlucky in cards, lucky in love
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6584_zpsbfaab2c8.jpg
Suddenly Helmut appeared very upset an brought an envelope
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6586_zps607c1f7c.jpg
We all heard her insinde the envelope
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6587_zpsca868ccc.jpg
Hase, friend of the famous Dr.Kröbner, visits us, what honour
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6588_zpsce0908ef.jpg
Carefully we opened the envelope together
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6593_zps9764398d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6594_zps03f8b9f9.jpg
And had a first look inside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6596_zps599f579d.jpg
All of us plushies gave her a warm welcome and a first group-hug
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6595_zps53d375a7.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6597_zps4b51713e.jpg
Then she turned around to her envelope and brought us her gifts from home
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6598_zps471acb6e.jpg

Hi, I am Hase and You must be Charlotte
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6607_zps305a7160.jpg
Uiiiii, thanks for the sweety :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6608_zpsff6019d8.jpg
Yes, I´m Lotte and You have a wonderful piercing in Your ear

After the welcome Hase shows the postcard where her home is: It´s Delligsen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6609_zps03bfbf15.jpg

Then we drank our first drink together: Hugo with mint :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6610_zps431ae03a.jpg

Sitting around the candle and listening to ToyVoyagers-Stories and adventures
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6611_zps402d0cd4.jpg

Had a yummy meal, small special-plushie-cookies on a wafel
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6612_zps99d74047.jpg
And singing songs the whole night
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-08-13%20Hase%20Ankunft/Foto6613_zps286a9b94.jpg

What a wonderful welcome

That´s for today,
Love, hugs and greeting to all of You
Yours Charlotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Aug 18, 2013, 11:42 pm
Hi World,

today we went to Wuppertal and visited the Botanical Garden there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6626_zpsd788eb41.jpg

Today and on Sunday they celebrate a colourful summer fair around the Elisentower
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6637_zps9f964992.jpg

And this is the Elisentower itsself
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6643_zps8e979beb.jpg
Formerly built as a windmill in the 18th century, a rich industrial magnate bought the area around the mill and built up his villa there in the 19th century. And he upsized the windmill tower to have a better view on the landscape of the valley of the river Wupper.

First we started our tour and looked at the booths with handcrafted objects
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6631_zps387d0ab5.jpg

Then we visited the botanical garden itself
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6666_zps51381400.jpg
Here parts of the old villa used as orangerie
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6667_zpsabbf4427.jpg

Look at the wonderful Lotos flower
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6658_zps7d2aabb9.jpg

Here are some more impressions of the garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6736_zps5ff05382.jpg

One of the two ponds with nice water lilies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6745_zps4eeac98f.jpg

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6738_zps16b13168.jpg

Here You can see the tower again
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6737_zps0349af93.jpg

Even bananas they have in the warmhouse
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6751_zps210dbaea.jpg

Here You can see the tower again
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6737_zps0349af93.jpg

And here I am on the tower :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6650_zps4c4f6c59.jpg

O.K. this is not the real tower, but a good size for us plushies :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6655_zps537c6dcc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6656_zpsab720874.jpg

Now we are in the real tower
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6690_zpsbf73e81c.jpg

What a nice wooden ornament on the floor
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6688_zps5ca53d09.jpg

Look at the nice ornaments under the ceiling
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6678_zpse2907d3d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6679_zpsec5d4d80.jpg

Today this room is used for marriage ceremonies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6689_zps95cf81b8.jpg

So let´s see what us expect outside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6734_zps160d7b69.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6735_zps6955a926.jpg

Now we are on the top of the Elisentower, enjoying the landscape of Wuppertal and the fair in the garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6696_zps085d76a8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6702_zps7916c883.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6708_zpse0dde66b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6714_zps6faebf48.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6720_zps3ad05a7a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6727_zpsf31b2e57.jpg

On our way downstairs we learned some more about the 200 year old area of the Hardt
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6733_zps3f78830e.jpg

What a fine day here we spent
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-08-13%20Elisenturmfest/Foto6739_zps4283d88d.jpg

That´s it for today, see You soon
Yours
Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Aug 25, 2013, 9:15 am
Hello World,

today we visited a big event in Wermelskirchen, the neighbourtown of Remscheid. There was a nice funfair and we wanted to go on the giant wheel
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/23-08-13%20Kirmes%20WK/Foto6831_zpsab2816d8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/23-08-13%20Kirmes%20WK/Foto6832_zps4caf58fa.jpg

We also found a nice carousel
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/23-08-13%20Kirmes%20WK/Foto6782_zps350aeb68.jpg

But we decided to take a ride on the ferris wheel
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/23-08-13%20Kirmes%20WK/Foto6789_zps175f6f65.jpg
Woow, it´s  a huge one
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/23-08-13%20Kirmes%20WK/Foto6800_zpsd2b3f307.jpg

Now let´s start
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/23-08-13%20Kirmes%20WK/Foto6795_zpsf037b822.jpg

...öööhm...

I decided to survive by staying in the candy store...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/23-08-13%20Kirmes%20WK/Foto6833_zps33b6ff9c.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/23-08-13%20Kirmes%20WK/Foto6834_zps4dae7b3d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/23-08-13%20Kirmes%20WK/Foto6835_zps6e7d3aef.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/23-08-13%20Kirmes%20WK/Foto6836_zpsffdbb909.jpg

That was it for today, see You soon and hug You, World
Thousand kisses
Yours
Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Aug 25, 2013, 8:21 pm
Hi World, here is Lotte again,

Today we drove to Lindlar, thats a nice place in the Bergisch Land
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6982_zps0dfc1508.jpg

There we visited the local outdoor museum and enjoyed the agricultural and handcrafted market
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6881_zps18d7e082.jpg

Most of the houses here stood at another place and were brought to here for rebuilding them
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6967_zpsc6bf1fea.jpg
This is an old house half-timbered house with a Pub inside from Wuppertal

Really dark inside there
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6963_zps3e3887ea.jpg
But about a hundered years old
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6964_zpsbee90862.jpg

We were very happy to see such a lot of farm animals having a good live outside like these cows with their calfs
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6973_zps717e131c.jpg

or these geese
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6848_zps0716839e.jpg
and turkeys
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6890_zpse594f906.jpg

We met relatives of HelmutBluepant
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6857_zps7af029b4.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6858_zps0e66a30c.jpg

Some hard working, but not unhappy looking horses
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6866_zps0b78c5dd.jpg

They pull the historic mail coach there
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6839_zps5702766f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6845_zps6b6bc058.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6846_zpsb91086bd.jpg
We liked it sitting so high above the ground
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6844_zps30e3c7d2.jpg

And we saw some more horses working, they pulled a plough on the field
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6898_zpsbeb2e390.jpg

Found some friendly sheep in the stables
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6930_zps25bd378b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6932_zps449a4336.jpg
And outside rackas, or wallachian sheep
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6937_zps872fb242.jpg

After so much sheep we rested and found a nice place between some blooming artichokes and some nice pumpkins
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6874_zps9a118a24.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6875_zpsfb92537d.jpg

Helmut found his favourite vehicle: an old Unimog
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6877_zps01839d92.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6878_zps70b6bbb5.jpg

And some funny things on the market
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6914_zps3601cd10.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6916_zpsafc8a68c.jpg

Later I saw my brother.. he´s the black sheep of the family and has to stay in jail... I don´t want to talk about, what he has done...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6919_zps6fd48403.jpg

After this dark episode we enjoyed the flowers
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6943_zps2b91fbc8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6944_zpsf2506212.jpg

Finally we met some very friendly Lamas
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6901_zps5d139130.jpg
You can book them for guided Lama-Trekking-Tours in Bergisch Land
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6902_zps50753d66.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6912_zps305b6f35.jpg

Ok, this is not a lama... but a perfect goat in plushie-size
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6871_zps4701ba1f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6872_zps0cde2d96.jpg

The last I remember was this delicious beer and the yummy cake...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/24-08-13%20Lindlar/Foto6945_zpsa21407e7.jpg
...but I don´t know how I came back to Strunkis home...

That was it for this weekend, World
See and hug You
Yours
Charlotte















Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Aug 31, 2013, 4:12 pm
Hi world,

today I played in the sunflower when Hase and Laika invited us plushies for sharing the raspberries they had sampled
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/30-08-13%20Ankunft%20Elmar/Foto6987_zps47f46e14.jpg

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/30-08-13%20Ankunft%20Elmar/Foto7017_zpsaf4c04e2.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/30-08-13%20Ankunft%20Elmar/Foto7018_zps89d073a1.jpg

Suddenly I heard an elephant trumpeting the song "Down Under"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/30-08-13%20Ankunft%20Elmar/Foto7023_zpsf1856ba8.jpg
It is Elmar, he came from his journey to Australia

All of us gave him a very first warm welcome and a group hug
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/30-08-13%20Ankunft%20Elmar/Foto7025_zpsfa3b2f98.jpg

Welcome, we are very happy that You did it
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/30-08-13%20Ankunft%20Elmar/Foto7028_zps4174566a.jpg

Then Elmar showed us his gifts from Australia, yummy sweets, a nice card and a colourful bookmark
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/30-08-13%20Ankunft%20Elmar/Foto7026_zps0dec2bfc.jpg
Thanks a lot for the nice souvenirs, fleursmum :D

After his arrival we all together shared the raspberries
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/30-08-13%20Ankunft%20Elmar/Foto7033_zpse71a5fdc.jpg

Finally we all sat around our special-plushie-campfire, heard stories from Down Under and singing songs the whole night
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/30-08-13%20Ankunft%20Elmar/Foto7034_zpsdcdfb742.jpg

That´s it for today, see You soon
Yours
Charlotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Sep 2, 2013, 9:32 pm
Hello world,

today we made a trip into prehistoric times and went to a famous place near Düsseldorf called Neandertal. There for about more than 150 years Dr. Carl Fuhlrott found relicts of a prehistoric human and he called him "Neanderthaler"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7036_zpsa7440dad.jpg

Here he welcomes us very friendly
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7089_zps6e4dfc10.jpg

A small scene how they perhaps lived?
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7058_zps1d41dbe2.jpg

But let´s see what we can learn from the prehistoric humans outside
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7120_zps5302306f.jpg
Here a reconstruction of an oven from the late stone age

Interesting tools for hunting
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7061_zps3fec46a4.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7075_zpsd748e6ba.jpg
and fishing

The huge skull of a prehistoric aurochs
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7045_zpsab373eb1.jpg

Small talk between plushie to plushie
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7056_zpsb3ebdc19.jpg

Interesting, how a prehistoric drill works
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7101_zpsefd8552d.jpg

And what for nice artefacts the prehistoric people had
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7084_zps8bd61ed8.jpg

And small talk with an impressive felt-mammoth
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7069_zpsf169c54a.jpg

An instrument called "atlatl", or spear thrower
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7112_zpse162b171.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7104_zps8493b406.jpg
It helps to throw the spear about a longer distance

What an informative and interesting day but now we all are tired
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/01-09-13%20Neanderthalmuseum/Foto7125_zpsd13a4c87.jpg

That´s it for today
See You soon
Yours Charlotte



Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Sep 10, 2013, 12:16 am
Hello World,

today we left Remscheid at noon to spend our weekend at a noble resort chosen by me :D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7136_zps0f03243b.jpg
Here Strunki takes care that we all have a safe seat

And after two hours we reached this for me suitable nice place
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7146_zpse19f5387.jpg

It´s a wellness-hotel situated in the middle of a wonderful park
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7151_zpsa98f2b10.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7159_zps6bdfa2f2.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7160_zpsc430b793.jpg

This is the acess to the entrance
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7173_zpsadfff976.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7174_zps9f6475ef.jpg

And here we sit in the middle of 5 wonderful hedges cut in waveform
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7188_zpsb54f6ad8.jpg

The reception is called "Orangerie"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7189_zps4671012b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7203_zps95489396.jpg
Here the view from the gallery

Have You ever seen such a nice view on such a large pool?
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7196_zps137ebd8c.jpg

Here we are outside again on a footwalk between the guesthouses
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7212_zps4178549f.jpg
It is called fuchisa-avenue

This is the pump-room with the curative water sources built in the early 19th century in the Biedermeyer style
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7219_zpse3476775.jpg
There we drank the healing water.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7210_zps1eb41368.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7211_zps62ff2ac8.jpg
It tastes very well

Now we are in the library, also used as a smokers room
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7226_zps06c52286.jpg

Look, the wallpaper shows the same asian scene You find on the upholstery
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7235_zps5aac2c6d.jpg

Now we are in our suite
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7243_zps8d2d4db6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7244_zps205386ca.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7245_zpsa625c74d.jpg

This is our view out of the window
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7236_zpsde1631c2.jpg
Now we stand in front of the guesthouse our suite is situated
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7258_zps3caa826d.jpg

This wing is an outer part of the connected ballroom
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7252_zpsbc14872f.jpg
Have a look inside the main ballroom
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-09-13%20Bad%20Driburg/Foto7268_zpsd73766a0.jpg

This is the main entrance, or Orangerie, again at night
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Here we are in the corridor of our guesthouse
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This huge boar we met in another wing of another guesthouse
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But he didn´t want to follow us into the SPA, where we made a sauna-session :cyclops:
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After the sauna I enjoyed a competent foot-massage
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These were our nice days in Bad Driburg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Sep 11, 2013, 7:16 am
Hello world,
today was a great day: We visited mcdaniels with her plushiegang and their guest and got a wonderful warm welcome at their home
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We were welcomed by The Wotwots , Sargent Froggo and UrselHH and all are very nice to us
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Helmut and me got got nice parcels from them, lots of small nice gifts
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Look at the nice bath towls

And I got a nice card, we were very moved by their hospitality
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Look at the nice necklace for me :D

Woooow, looks great :cyclops: :D
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A Top-Model-C, exactly the right for me  :p
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Thanks a lot to The WotWots

Then they invited us to a delicous chocolate-gumbear-meal
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We had a lot of fun telling and listen to the adventures

After hours of happiness enjoying their community it was time to say Goodbye...
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Laika, I will miss You

Gozer, good pal of Helmut, we had a great time together
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Hase, hope we meet again, someday, somewhere...
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And finally Elmar, our time was a too short one
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We hugged alltogether everyone, because we will stay here and are looking forward to our next adventures here in Altenbeken and at the end of the month at Friedrichskoog
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Good by and see You
Yours
Lotte
mcdaniels


Posted Sep 11, 2013, 4:57 pm
Dear mum,
after talking the whole night we fell asleep in the morning...
Some hours later I woke up and had a great idea: Listen", I said, "let's make hostmum happy and clean up the kitchen before she'll come home from work." The others agreed to this suggestion and so I added a little detail: "You'll clean up and I'll look after you." They looked at each other and I was sure they'll start in a minute but guess what, they said NO!  :o
For a few seconds I considered exploding but then I decided to accept their majority without showing my disappointment about Helmut not being loyal towards me...and so we all worked together but I'm sure my next opportunity will arise.
After hard work Nick the bear showed us a very nice card game: 'everybody wants Stinky'. You have to collect pairs of cards (hares for example  :) ) and the one who has got the skunk at last is the winner. Of course after the desaster with the cleaning I hoped to win but Helmut of all people won...sometimes life is unfair, mummy...
Love you
yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Sep 12, 2013, 11:14 am
Dear mummy,
you never guess what: yesterday evening hostmum and hostdad went to the choir rehearsal and I (AND NOBODY ELSE) escorted them  :D
I think hostmum wanted to cheer me up after my shattering defeat in order to prevent a depression or something like that  :thinking:... Very considerate.
We rehearsed a motet and parts of the Christmas Oratorio of Bach and the whole choir enjoyed my wonderful alto  :rolleyes:
After that we went into the local of hostparents and their friends and for the whole evening I was the centre and was carried on hands as you can see...fantastic!
Thank you for this wonderful evening, I think in return for it I'll behave the next time  ;)
Yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Sep 13, 2013, 10:29 pm
Dear mummy,
while hostmum and hostdad were working today we explored their flat. First we got to know the very old dog lady Trixi. Nice to meet you!
Trixi was followed by a purple sheep and Brother Jacob, a kind monk.
After visiting the orchids we discovered the best: a piano, a trumpet and a guitar  :D Of course we decided to become a septet! First each of us tried each instrument and soon the several talents came to light.
And now have a look at the world's best septet ;) !
mcdaniels


Posted Sep 14, 2013, 5:45 pm
Dear mummy,
today morning we visited Bad Lippspringe, a spa near Paderborn.
We drove by car and as you can see on the photos Helmut, Mefito and *Nick* behaved like being alone in the world cause Nick became a TV today and they are the best friends and see nothing (and nobody  :( ) else... I hope they'll become normal again the next time.
In Bad Lippspringe there are five sources: Lippe, Jordan, Arminius, Liborius and Martinus and the water you can get from some of them is very good drinking water.
There are two spa gardens, an older one and a newer on. On the photo you can see a part of the older one with many old and some young trees.
We visited also the ruin of a very old castle standing in the centre of Bad Lippspringe and the church St. Martin.
In a bookshop we found many many plushie-postcards and I chose a very nice one I'll send to you!
See you
yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Sep 17, 2013, 9:46 pm
Dear mummy,
in the morning I wrote my postcard to you. Hope it'll arrive soon!
And then Helmut and me escorted hostmum to work. She works as a social worker in an old people's home.
We started in Neuenbeken, hostmum's homevillage as you know. On our way to Paderborn city we met the autumn...
And after 8 kilometres we reached the old people's home from the back.
Today hostmum played bingo together with the old people and of course we joined in  :D
And look what we wrote for you when we were alone in the social worker's office  ;)
All the best
yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Sep 19, 2013, 5:36 pm
Ready, steady...go!! North Sea, we're coming!!!
mcdaniels


Posted Sep 29, 2013, 12:41 pm
Dear mum,
today our North Sea-trip has begun!
In the early morning we took our places in the car and
Most of the time we drove on motorways but together with HelmutBluepant, Mefito, *Nick*, The WotWots, UrselHH and Sargent Froggo it wasn't boring at all.
After a few hours we crossed Hamburg and drove through a long tunnel underneath river Elbe.
A further hour later we crossed the Kiel Canal. The typical landscape we could see outside the car showed us that we were already at our's destination.
And so it was. A few minutes later we reached a nice sofa in our holiday home in Friedrichskoog  :D
All the best
yours Charlotte

mcdaniels


Posted Sep 30, 2013, 2:03 pm
Dear mum,
What we did first on our first day: we borrowed a TV-suitable bike for reaching all sights and places in Friedrichskoog.
Today we drove to the 'Trischendamm', a dam that streches 2 km into the North Sea. On our way to the dam we saw a sign that  confirmed us to prefer driving by bike and not by car...driving by car seems to be very dangerous in this region  :o
On the Trischendamm we walked up to the end and stood so to speak in the middle of the North Sea. On the horizon we could see the skyline of Büsum. It was a windy day so we had to pay attention not to fly away...
Back at the dyke we took a rest in a nice wicker beach.
On our way back home we bought some jam standing at the roadside. There were no seller but only a box to put in the money.
See you
yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Sep 30, 2013, 9:41 pm
Dear mum,
in the morning we unfolded Helmut's and my magic towels. We had to put them into water and waited some seconds...and then two very nice towels came to light  :D We all hoped that the sun will shine the next time so that we could use them all together...
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 1, 2013, 3:35 pm
In the afternoon we wanted to visit Friedrichskoog's little lighthouse. A narrow dam leads to the lighthouse. On our way we saw a nice red fishing cutter, the typical ship in this region.
After half the distance we took a rest. Looking back we could see the tower standing in the seal station we visited in July together with you, mummy.
Cause it was high tide the dam was overflowed at it's end so we unfortunately couldn't reach the lighthouse and had to turn back.
Perhaps we'll try again at low tide.
Back at the dyke we found a big stone with an inscription: at this place runs the 54th northern latitude.
Helmut and me visited the little shop at the seal station and bought some souvenirs...it's a nice maritim necklace, isn't it?  :rolleyes:
Yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 2, 2013, 11:21 am
Dear mum,
today morning we visited the old windmill in which hostmum and hostdad married a few years ago.
If my Helmut and me will marry one day perhaps we'll do it here  :rolleyes:
Yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 2, 2013, 8:15 pm
In the afternoon we took a long walk on the dyke and met a lot of sheep.
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 2, 2013, 9:10 pm
Dear mum,
today morning it was raining so *Nick* read a book to us.
In the afternoon the weather was much better so we drove to Meldorf, a little nice town near Friedrichskoog we visited together with you this summer.
First we visited the great cathedral built up in the 13th century. And then hostmum showed us the market square with her favourite café, of course we went in...very good, do you remember? :p
After that we saw the book shop our very good friend Soeren came from  :rolleyes:
Somebody had an old anchor in his garden and of course we wanted to sit on it...
Yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 2, 2013, 9:38 pm
Mum, this region is the hare-paradise!
Millions of white cabbage, carrots and turnips... :D :D :D
You can't imagine...
Yours overjoyed Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 3, 2013, 10:38 am
Dear mum,
cause it was raining again we had time to sit in a nice café and to explore the interior furnishings after eating and drinking. There were very interesting things in plushie-size, so we played seafarer (I was the kidnapped princess in the hands of pirates!) and lighthouse attendent...fantastic!
And we had time to write a postcard to you  :)
Yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 3, 2013, 5:55 pm
Today the weather was very good, so in the morning we walked on the Trischendamm at low tide for picking shells.
After picking some we took arest on the big stones.
On our way back we had a great sight of the mud flats.
Back at the dyke Helmut Bluepant and me took a rest on our new towels for the first time  :)
And we met 'Fritze', a very big mud flats worm and then we played on a nice boat and took another rest on deck.
In the afternoon we went into another nice café...hostparents love cafés as you can see... ;)
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 4, 2013, 12:53 pm
Dear mum,
today morning we tried to reach the little lighthouse again, this time at low tide.
But first I wanted to visit my sister-in-law who lives here at the dyke. My brother unfortunately is in prison (and I don't want to tell the others why) as I told a few weeks ago. And so I went alone into the rabbit burrow (my brother had married a rabbit as you can see) and the others had to wait outside while I was talking with my sister-in-law in the darkness of the burrow.
After a while I went back, hugged HelmutBluepant but I didn't want to say anything about my visit.
So we started to the lighthouse and reached it. Before going back we took a long rest sitting there and talking about life...
Yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 4, 2013, 1:12 pm
In the afternoon we visited the nice little fishing harbour.
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 4, 2013, 6:15 pm
In the evening we had to say goodbye to the North Sea...and the North Sea said goodbye presenting us a great sunset...
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 4, 2013, 7:50 pm
Dear mum,
back home we immediately had to say goodbye to Mefito  :( who'll start to make a pilgrimage in Spain tomorrow together with hostgrandma.
I combed his hair for a last time...  :( :(
Be careful, my Mefito, and I hope to see you again soon...
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 4, 2013, 8:12 pm
After Mefito had left I needed a calming feet massage...
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 6, 2013, 12:17 pm
Dear mum,
today we made a sightseeing tour through Paderborn city.
We started with a great breakfast in the café of hostmum's friend.
Then we visited the cathedral. The first local missionary church was built up in the year 777. The new building of the cathedral took place in 799. As it stands today, the cathedral was erected between 1215-1280. Following the destructions it suffered during the Second World War it was rebuilt to its original design with a few minor alterations.
Of course we visited the 'hare window' in the inner courtyard of the cathedral: three hares with only three ears but every hare has got two ears  :)
Foundations of the Carolingian and Ottonian-Salic imperial palaces  were exposed from 1964 until the late seventies. The Ottonian-Salic Palace was reconstructed between 1976 and 1978 in accordance with a plan made by an architect. The original building construction with its rising brickwork is clearly identifiable.
Then we visited the market square with the Neptun-fountain and the townhall.
After that we visited river Pader, Germany's shortest river (only 4 km) but 200 springs inside the city and a big frog ;)
At the end of the Second World War Paderborn was almost totally destroyed, only a few houses 'survived'. The photos show the oldest house (built up in 1560) and a few other half-timbered houses.
Finally we went into a gummi bears shop for buying a present for you and olgamaus we'll both see on Saturday  :D
See you soon
yours Charlotte
mcdaniels


Posted Oct 6, 2013, 12:50 pm
Coming home!  :D :D
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 6, 2013, 5:31 pm
Hello World,

today was a great TV-meeting at home:
mcdaniels visited strunki for bringing back HelmutBluepant, me and our newest friend *Nick* came as well:-) to stay here for a while. She also brought Sargent Froggo, UrselHH and The WotWots.

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And olgamaus came as well and she brought her guests as well: Kirin, Tsukumo,nosyblue, KoalaMimi, Rocky Raccoon, Lamikins and strunkis OleOrangescarf. What fun to meet soo much TV´s at one day :p

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Gozer was the first giving me a warm welcome back home

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Here the nice little Laika welcomed me

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Hase, I missed You so much...

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Elmar, so nice to see You still here

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For the big meal we walked through the garden and had a rest at the pond

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And here we are alltogether on the huge table

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So much fun to drink and eat together with sooo much plushiefriends
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My newest friend Lamikins

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...Helmut... and his Killepisch... :rolleyes:

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The hours flew fast away and then it was time to say good bye... :(

To Kirin, we´ll meet soon again I hope

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OleOrangescarf, have a good time with mcdaniels

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The WotWots, Dotty and Spotty, we had soooo much fun together, whatwhat?? :cyclops:

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UrselHH, hope to see You soon in Sülfeld perhaps?

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Sargent Froggo, what a guy, think of our nice peaceful time at mcdaniels home and at the Northern sea :D

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Good Luck, little Ole, we know You´ll have a good time with mcdaniels

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What an exciting day

See You soon and hug You World
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 8, 2013, 6:15 pm
Hi world, wooow, what a party we had :cyclops: :cyclops:
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and here You see some more funny pictures, hihi, but I tell You, it was a little bit hard for all of us in the morning...

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Oh *Nick*, Did YOU convince me tonight that this balloon is a yummy carrot??

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/05-10-13%20Meeting%20olgamaus%20and%20mcdaniels/Foto7765_zps518e42db.jpg

But all is ok with me, I only need a little bit more sleep
Love and hug You World
Yours
Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 8, 2013, 10:18 pm
Today we had to say good bye to Laika and Gozer  :(
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-10-13%20Nickkaspereien/Foto7779_zps1d7be705.jpg

Laika, it was so nice to meet You again, even when the time was short
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-10-13%20Nickkaspereien/Foto7787_zps25877ab9.jpg

Gozer, don´t forget me so far
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-10-13%20Nickkaspereien/Foto7791_zpsef61e9f4.jpg

Have a nice trip to Finland and enjoy Your stay
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/07-10-13%20Nickkaspereien/Foto7793_zps99b78b1d.jpg
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 13, 2013, 5:25 pm
Hello World,

today we made a little trip around and under the Müngstener Brücke, the oldest and highest Railwaybridge in Germany.

Here we start over a small bridge over the Wupper and You can see the Diederichstempel
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7797_zpse491102b.jpg

Here You have the first impression of this huge building
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7800_zps7b5fdd49.jpg

We found one in plushie-size, the complete area of the Wupper-valley around the bridge on an bronce-table
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7806_zpseda7a124.jpg

Here we are directly under the construction, it is soo huge and impressive...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7811_zps3440174b.jpg

That stone remembers, how old the bridge is.... The German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm visited Müngsten in 1899
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7815_zpsccd90a2b.jpg

Here is a good view
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7819_zpsa159e2e7.jpg

But now we left the bridge behind us for taking a walk through the nice autum forest on the footpath next to the Wupper
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7824_zps582d1126.jpg

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7825_zps3d1f97fb.jpg

Here I found a fly agaric [Amanita muscaria]
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7829_zps781a71ec.jpg
... And no, Helmut, we will NOT try to taste it like the Wikings did in early days!!!  :rolleyes:

Here at this interesting stone with handprints carved in we rested
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7830_zps364fe243.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7831_zps8a3c71f8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7833_zps2818f6d3.jpg
and met the guests of olgamaus, Tsukumo, KoalaMimi, Rocky Raccoon and her newest guest, RSG Leo

Here we are at the place called Wiesenkotten. There is a bridge and we change the riverside
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7836_zps44deda5e.jpg

There we hiked on the way back
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7841_zps11eabc51.jpg
and came to this beautyful landscape
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7846_zps899e980e.jpg

A few meters away we are under the bridge again, only much more higher and on the other side
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7855_zps2979cbb8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7856_zpsa39dbd83.jpg

Now we reach the Diederichstempel
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7861_zps0a7df6b3.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7869_zpsbc6c1d80.jpg

And have the last nice view on the bridge from there before we enjoyed the hospitality of olgamaus with koffee and the typical Bergisch rusk :p
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7865_zpsa4a41e85.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7872_zps4774d18f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-10-13%20Muengsten/Foto7873_zps1d284a3f.jpg

That´s it for today, world
Yours Charlotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 14, 2013, 6:34 pm
Hello World,

today was a typical autum day here: Ist was very cold, sometimes windy and for a few moments we saw the sun
And we went to an orchard festival at Stiftung Tannenhof

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7880_zps24540791.jpg

At the entrance we saw the biggest apple of our life
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7881_zps1d7f7f2e.jpg

And behind the entrance we were expected by some bronce statues

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7886_zpsd3652bdc.jpg

The next surprise was an nice old red tractor and we were invited to drive onto a trailer behind the tractor to have a first roundtrip on the huge area of the older parts of Tannenhof

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7910_zps280d0e6f.jpg
...Nooo, this seat is too unsecure.... not even a safety belt...
Better sitting here...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7892_zpsc13cf681.jpg http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7898_zps6d25c7ab.jpg http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7904_zps6608dc7a.jpg
I was glad when the machine stopped, it was too low-speeded for me....booooring....

Our next station was a tent with some very different apples
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7911_zps13f4f710.jpg http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7912_zps70fbe2ad.jpg
All looked soo yummy
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7922_zps103d324c.jpg
Behind us You can see two huge manual cider presses for apple juice
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7916_zpsf2563b9a.jpg
Here are impressions of the festival
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7920_zpscb388cfa.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7926_zps2753599d.jpg
and the orchard itsself
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7934_zps6b42ae54.jpg

See us sitting on a warm and soft sheepskin
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7928_zps253a29ea.jpg http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7929_zpsac55c043.jpg
and carving the pumpkin was a lot of fun
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7943_zpscc4b1f7f.jpg
but we liked the soup as well
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7946_zps6175a805.jpg http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7947_zpse66c40a5.jpg http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7948_zpsd9fb6367.jpg
And we love sitting under the spindle tree [Euonymus europaeus]
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7944_zps16234f7f.jpg http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7945_zpsd9919094.jpg
funny was the distorting mirror
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7942_zps4dcfc3a6.jpg

What a full day and we were happy having the oppurtunity to chill out in the nice seat zone
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7935_zps5675950b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-10-13%20Obstwiesenfest/Foto7937_zpseaf21dce.jpg

What a great day, even when it was cold....
That´s it for today, World
See and love You
Yours
Lotte




Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 16, 2013, 10:44 pm
Hello World,

today HelmutBluepant got a very big suprise: He got his first real camera :D

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0001_zps71be95df.jpg

We all helped him to pack it out of the box

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0002_zpsfc3365e5.jpg

Of course we girls had to read the instruction manual first while the boys admired this new high tech instrument :cyclops:

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0003_zps46f91d93.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0004_zps55d7f50f.jpg

And Elmar helped us girls understanding the manual :cyclops:

But before the first shots Helmut had to study the manual as well :rolleyes:

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0006_zps085e0c79.jpg

Proud and happy

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0007_zps779ac5a5.jpg

Helmuts very first experiences with the new cam
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0008_zps8cf44b67.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0009_zps6af43677.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0011a_zpsc429ecb7.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0012_zpsc61a7595.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0013_zps301cc316.jpg
Looks nice and sooo professional :cyclops:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0017_zpsfd601b95.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-10-13%20Helmuts%20erste%20Bilder/0018_zps57957764.jpg

That´s the news of today, World
see and love You
Yours
Lotte




Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 20, 2013, 6:03 am
Hello World,

today we went to Hohenhagen, a very high point in Remscheid
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0025_zpsced432fd.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0030_zps34be6020.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0140_zpsc0f13d9a.jpg
Here is the telecommunication-tower

Suddenly we saw some kites
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0119_zpsf6b0e7a3.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0120_zpsc94d55a2.jpg

Of course we built up our own kite as soon as possible
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0033_zps436f5218.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0034_zps2d3b15ed.jpg


Then *Nick* decided to start his big adventure first
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0035_zpsee164be9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0036_zps4a855d4a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0046_zpsbe34a222.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0058_zps37bf5a33.jpg

We all congratulated him to his first flight, Well done, *Nick*
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0061_zpsb082f3a7.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0062_zps1282cdbe.jpg

The next was Hase
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0064_zps76ae67a1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0067_zpsb1e552bc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0077_zpsdaa73caf.jpg

Welcome back, You queen of the air
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0079_zps2b446487.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0080_zps71697f00.jpg

Then Elmar started
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0081_zpsb5f1eb07.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0082_zpseb61917b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0089_zps76a62079.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0093_zpsc322258f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0097_zps11189168.jpg

He had a wonderful flight as well an we all were happy that he enjoyed it
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0112_zps88949095.jpg


What a great day for kite-adventures today :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-10-13%20Hohenhagen/DSCN0135_zpsda7728a2.jpg

But I decided not to kite today, for Helmut and me it was more important that our guests had their fun :cyclops:

Love You Folks,
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 21, 2013, 10:28 pm
Hello World,
today we visited Wuppertal-Kohlfurth and had a lot of fun in the tram-museum there
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0243_zpscfa759ba.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0248_zps83e50c3e.jpg
The entrance is free but the members of the tram-club are very happy when the visitors donate an amount

See us here in front of a nice miniature landscape and a grey shunting locomotive
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0253_zps40f996d6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0254_zps7b258380.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0255_zps2c3684bd.jpg

Here we have a small view inside the tram-hall
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0285_zpscf57934d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0290_zpsf5646763.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0295_zpsf9a0e08d.jpg

This was a nice tram, about 70 years ago it drove through Wuppertal
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0259_zps3ac2631c.jpg
see the city coat of arms of Wuppertal
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0264_zpsf47edcca.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0369_zps873d1022.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0370_zps1cb8d183.jpg
and the nice old advertisment
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0362_zpsea414313.jpg

The timetable of the tram
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0368_zps427eccd9.jpg

The very friendly tram-conductor allowed us to see the tram from inside
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0266_zps959d2805.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0269_zps043958a5.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0280_zps5fb3f381.jpg
Oooops
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0275_zpsdba45766.jpg

Suddenly the tram began to move... with us inside, but without us having a ticket...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0355_zps3d6ab67f.jpg

Thanks *Nick*, he bought a special sample ticket for us plushies
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0311_zpsd19cae18.jpg

Then we enjoyed our ride on the tram
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0299_zpsb456c7bc.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0300_zps553e4cfd.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0316_zpsd2ed94a7.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0317_zpsa9c87793.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0318_zps69b9846c.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0319_zps21d670db.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0320_zps68b179a3.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0329_zpsd3b002a8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0338_zps019cd788.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0343_zps389d94f4.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0346_zps06b5458d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0347_zps784160cd.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0348_zpsbc6d2522.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0353_zps83e208e1.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0356_zpsb4c2634b.jpg

The next nice suprise was meeting Frederik in the tram
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0305_zps371b871f.jpg
What a cool trip

This was our trip in Kohlfurth,
tbc at the Arboretum in Cronenberg...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0380_zpsff0af34a.jpg


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 25, 2013, 5:48 am
after a short drive we reached the Arboretum Burgholz, an forestal area with lots of trees from all over the world, similar to a botanical garden, but much more larger
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0387_zps31ed47fd.jpg

Here we found a nice blooming spindle tree [Euonymus europaeus]
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0385_zpseee23f8b.jpg

This is the beginning of of the main path
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0391_zps0e32199f.jpg

From this point You have a beautiful view on the landscape
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0396_zpse53c67d1.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0398_zpsb22def6a.jpg
Here we made a short break

After a while enjoying the landscape we went on deeper into the forest and saw a lot of sequoia trees
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0404_zps387caa47.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0410_zpsccad2828.jpg
See me playing in the tree
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0415_zps4132cab7.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0416_zpsd11da9e1.jpg

Later on the ground we found a lot of mushrooms, but we know too less about them, but some look very yummy
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0422_zps96b09e04.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0423_zps9228ba0b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0424_zpsc5dc1314.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0425_zps90acd5e0.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0427_zpsb80e79f1.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0433_zps2e37ae93.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0434_zpsa918f931.jpg
Perhaps we should ask HoBi, wich are eatable

At last we admired the giant sequoia trees, they are still very young there in the arboretum, but very huge
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0431_zps97a844e2.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/20-10-13%20Kohlfurth%20Arboretum/DSCN0440_zps2f484ab7.jpg

That was it for the weekend,
see You soon and love You, world
Yours
Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 27, 2013, 5:35 pm
Hi world,

today its almost a nice autumnday and olgamaus invited us to accompany her and her guests Kirin, Rocky Raccoon and Frederik to a little trip in and around Hasten
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0620_zps052e9dcc.jpg
Here You see the most significant Building near to the main place, a house with a round tower

We start in Büchel, where a lot of old and typical Bergisch half-timbered houses with slate fronts and green shutters are
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0624_zps530bd179.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0627_zps70087fb6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0632_zps9581f272.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0640_zpsf27b846d.jpg
It´s a very quiet and peaceful area here where You also can find some nice details at the houses
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0637_zps0e84d39b.jpg
Look at this paintings in the backround

In the near we met a cat
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0645_zps319af8dd.jpg
some cool pumpkins
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0649_zpsb8938852.jpg
and a dog
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0652_zpsf554b2cc.jpg

After a while walking down to the valley of the Morsbach we reached Clemenshammer, but we didn´t stay there
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0657_zps08038c8a.jpg

Following the small river Morsbach, we found this huge rock with a nice poem carved in
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0661_zps17d2cf80.jpg
Can You read it?
" A little shower only
She lured him
under the umbrella
tears of joy"


Then, after reaching a place called Gerstau, we met some friendly sheep
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0664_zps9dfba54d.jpg

And came back into the forest again
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0668_zps3d6fedfb.jpg
Here we learned from a sign, that this place was used in older times to guard sheep and that the people used the forest to burn charcoal

a meadow with some more sheep and a horse
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0673_zpsd0c41a9a.jpg

Coming out of the forest we saw an old smithy
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0677_zpsd65c9b40.jpg

Here we are at a small hammer-lake
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0678_zps41ac9d8b.jpg

A really nice small house again
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0685_zpsdfdb5828.jpg

And here I am in front of the \"Haus Cleff\", a part of the Historical Centre
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/26-10-13%20Hasten/DSCN0689_zps99490151.jpg

What a nice walk for today

Love and kiss You world
Yours
Charlotte



Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 30, 2013, 9:33 pm
Hi World,

today only a few pictures from a wondeful colourful heaven in the early evening.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/DSCN0697_zps9ddae1ac.jpg
Look at the wonderful rainbow

Monday was very stormy, but  the evening-mood was great
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/DSCN0701_zpscb8e948d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/DSCN0705_zps23f4f8f5.jpg

Good night and sleep well
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 31, 2013, 11:51 am
Today we had to say good bye to Elmar, he wanted to travel home and be with his mum Biggi
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0707_zpsd5d3c766.jpg

Helmut gave him some yummy chocolate for his journey
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0708_zpsd9342bdf.jpg

And we all gave him a long and intensive hug and were sad that he had to leave us now
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0709_zpsbd2eb86d.jpg

Then he jumped into his envelope and we wish him a good journey and waved him good bye
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0710_zps57d9146a.jpg

Good bye little Elmar, we´ll see us again, someday, somewhere
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Oct 31, 2013, 9:36 pm
Hi world,

today we had fun by reading the newest Asterix
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0712_zpsb904e38f.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0713_zpsd2380667.jpg
when suddenly somebody threw Helmut and me towels over our heads...

Hey Hey, it is UrselHH who arrived and suprised us with her visit
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0714_zps8abf8624.jpg
How lovely to see You again after the weeks You´ve been here taking part in the big tv-meeting here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0715_zps4bb72c46.jpg

Thanks a lot dear UrselHH for bringing my towel I´ve forgotten in mcdaniels home
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0716_zps5ef27870.jpg
Look, Hase, what a nice towel
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0717_zpsac4885fb.jpg

Here *Nick* hugs UrselHH, he´s glad to see her again
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0719_zps33d005c5.jpg

And Hase embraced Ursel with her long ears
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0720_zps3bc9fa19.jpg

Then she showed us her gifts, a huge bag full of yummy licorice
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0722_zpse0f7f8db.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0723_zps33504441.jpg
And the funny postcard with the dog who´s not allowed anything he does

After such a nice welcome we all sat together and continued reading the comic
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0724_zpse97b6970.jpg

Ursel, You´ve been from heaven sent,
now the boys-rules come to an end
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-10-13%20Himmel/30-10-13%20Elmar%20Abreise-Ursel%20Ankunft/DSCN0725_zpsd62512c7.jpg

That´s for today, my dear world
love and hug You
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Nov 2, 2013, 12:42 pm
Hi world,
in the evening we were invited by olgamaus and her guest to take part in a spooky Halloween party
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0783_zps27235688.jpg
Here we are with Dutchy the Lion, Kirin, Rocky Raccoon, Nosyblue, Tsukumo, KoalaMimi and Frederik
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0784_zps5133b8a1.jpg
They welcomed us very warmly
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0785_zpscca279d9.jpg
I go as a mummy :thinking: ... O.K., I realised too late that I wasn´t able to see and eat anything.... :thinking:

But look, how much nasty looking meals they have prepared for us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0789_zps9b73b94e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0795_zps577ce99e.jpg
fly agaric made out of tomatoes and little mozzarella balls

Eyeballs in matterpudding... yuck
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0802_zps97b9e58e.jpg
Ooops, a spider
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0800_zps9b046ee3.jpg

See us all around the horrible fruit-brain-salad
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0801_zpsa0a3d2c4.jpg

And here we have the terrible hot chillie-devils
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0808_zps941b6125.jpg

What do You think about the mice with their brains next to them?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0813_zps1884c52f.jpg
I love them :p

The ilumination was soo nice terrible :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0817_zps099d8093.jpg

Best costume of this Halloween eve: Frederik, the living skull B)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0821_zps73b1f008.jpg

What a spooky party
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0822_zps09273390.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0823_zps8bd72c92.jpg
the pure horror
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0824_zps9c8da7bd.jpg

Having small talk with one of the sympathic Fimbles
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0827_zps0cf1485c.jpg

Helmut fighting hard against the last survivors of the chocolate-banana-ghosts... a terrible struggle
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0830_zps39b6f592.jpg

No comment
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0832_zps6fd137f6.jpg

Really nobody, not even Helmut, had a sensible declaration for this....
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0833_zpsb3de4687.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0834_zpsea5d3ebb.jpg
Spooky halloween...


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Nov 2, 2013, 12:43 pm
Hi world,
in the evening we were invited by olgamaus and her guest to take part in a spooky Halloween party
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0783_zps27235688.jpg
Here we are with Dutchy the Lion, Kirin, Rocky Raccoon, Nosyblue, Tsukumo, KoalaMimi and Frederik
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0784_zps5133b8a1.jpg
They welcomed us very warmly
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0785_zpscca279d9.jpg
I go as a mummy :thinking: ... O.K., I realised too late that I wasn´t able to see and eat anything.... :thinking:

But look, how much nasty looking meals they have prepared for us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0789_zps9b73b94e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0795_zps577ce99e.jpg
fly agaric made out of tomatoes and little mozzarella balls

Eyeballs in matterpudding... yuck
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0802_zps97b9e58e.jpg
Ooops, a spider
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0800_zps9b046ee3.jpg

See us all around the horrible fruit-brain-salad
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0801_zpsa0a3d2c4.jpg

And here we have the terrible hot chillie-devils
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0808_zps941b6125.jpg

What do You think about the mice with their brains next to them?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0813_zps1884c52f.jpg
I love them :p

The ilumination was soo nice terrible :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0817_zps099d8093.jpg

Best costume of this Halloween eve: Frederik, the living skull B)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0821_zps73b1f008.jpg

What a spooky party
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0822_zps09273390.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0823_zps8bd72c92.jpg
the pure horror
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0824_zps9c8da7bd.jpg

Having small talk with one of the sympathic Fimbles
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0827_zps0cf1485c.jpg

Helmut fighting hard against the last survivors of the chocolate-banana-ghosts... a terrible struggle
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0830_zps39b6f592.jpg

No comment
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0832_zps6fd137f6.jpg

Really nobody, not even Helmut, had a sensible declaration for this....
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0833_zpsb3de4687.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-10-13%20Halloween/DSCN0834_zpsea5d3ebb.jpg
Spooky halloween...


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Nov 12, 2013, 7:35 pm
Hello World,

today we made a short trip around  Burg Castle again, because Helmut wanted to test his new cam, so thats the reason why he isn´t seen on the most pictures actually and why we don´t have so many photos as usually, because he didn´t manage the cam very well :thinking:

Only two pictures with my friends on the seat of the ropeway were o.k.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-11-13%20Schloss%20Burg/DSCN0886_zps2478acad.jpg http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-11-13%20Schloss%20Burg/DSCN0887_zpsbb6cb4d2.jpg
Helmut was very sad, he apologizes and promised that the next pics will be better...
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Nov 12, 2013, 8:23 pm
Hi world,
today we did a great new fun with our friends: having a bath
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0911_zps74f88931.jpg

And they all need a bath, look at Helmuts dirty back....
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0916_zpsdbc92bb2.jpg

Everybody of us gets his personal own bathingtowel
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0917_zps4e86590a.jpg

But first we have to undress...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0918_zps7a9e3429.jpg http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0919_zps87711dd2.jpg

Our jewelleries we put in this bag
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0927_zpsdbb19b53.jpg

Ready for the bathtube with my nice bathingtowel
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0925_zps839c787a.jpg
I am looking like a greek-roman grace, the beautyful Helen, or venus, the godess of love, perhaps...

So now boys, fill the tube with warm water, please
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0932_zps65e4116f.jpg

Ladys first, of course
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0935_zpsd2918836.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0936_zps18229888.jpg
Whopp, UrselHH the brave, enjoys at first

A great experience, even to see, how Hase falls into the bathtube
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0938_zps095d2bfc.jpg

And now lt´s start the shower
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0940_zpsf8329d38.jpg http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0941_zps6119ce4f.jpg

See us clean and happy girls
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-11-13%20Badespass/DSCN0942_zps703bf7de.jpg

That´s for today, my dear world
love and hug You
Yours
Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Nov 17, 2013, 5:54 pm
Hi World,

today was a great event at the pond: Störte, the old pirate, has landed and he survived a long, long and dangerous sailing trip (so he told us)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0958_zpse0e3898f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0959_zpsa60ec082.jpg
I found him first and all plushies supported him to reach the pond banks
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0960_zpscb131d49.jpg
...O.K., I wasn´t able to pull, because I had to supervise that the other plushies did it in the right way, of course :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0962_zps5c8729cc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0961_zps81e3d09c.jpg

Then, after a while, we did it: His first steps on the ground
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0963_zpsca922872.jpg

And I welcomed him
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0976_zps984c78c2.jpg
And what did this gentle corsar to melt my heart?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0987_zps57a2657b.jpg
He donates me a rose :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0988_zps3dff7d35.jpg
Again at last a man who knows how to treat a real lady

He must be frozen, this poor boy
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0977_zps59e8e105.jpg
Here´s my fur for wintertime
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0978_zpsd64c63ee.jpg
And something more to heat him up: A honeydrink
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0979_zps446bff0e.jpg
I think, he likes it
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/16-11-13%20Stoerte%20Ankunft/DSCN0980_zpsdd714bb1.jpg

That was it for today, World,
see You soon and love You
Yours
Lotte



Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Nov 18, 2013, 8:18 pm
Hello World,

today it was almost sunny in the morning so we decided to drive to Wuppertal and visited the "Northern Park" Nordpark there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1096_zps57557409.jpg

The foothpaths are very comfortable there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1084_zps1441acea.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1090_zpsef17d3e3.jpg

Before we went into the forest, we enjoyed the view on Barmen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1079_zps86004c72.jpg

And found a nice monument, used as a spring in the summer
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN0993_zpse3fd06b6.jpg

Look at the carved stone, a frog perhaps?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1000_zps75496f62.jpg

We also passed a popular restaurant destination, but the
renovations take some years, strunki told us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1073_zpsf745ddc7.jpg

O.K., instead of having a stop there, we discovered the forest
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1055_zps5d97dc3d.jpg

and found nice autum colours
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1005_zpsb19b9cc0.jpg

Along our way we saw lots of beeches and yews
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1040_zps2e6999d7.jpg

And found some nice treestumps where we played a little bit
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1042_zps5df75922.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1043_zps7fe3e793.jpg

At last, who else? me...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1048_zpsc1b7c8cd.jpg

I like playing in the trees
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1054_zpsb9d5e336.jpg

so we continued our walk and wanted to visit the fallow deer in the game enclosure
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1056_zps08446580.jpg

We had to go deeper into the forest
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1062_zpsb301b358.jpg

And found first?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1065_zpsbada03b5.jpg
some last blooming daisy

Will we watch the deer from here?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1011_zps54da84e6.jpg

Yes, here they are
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1028_zps91f78081.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-11-13%20Nordpark/DSCN1027_zps5a805a52.jpg

What a nice sunday noon walk

That was is for today
Love and kisses
Your Charlotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Nov 24, 2013, 7:43 pm
Dear World,

today we made a short trip to the Wuppervorsperre
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1174_zps1acc3d7e.jpg

But before we came to the water, we had to walk trough a forest
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1120_zpsf41e0367.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1125_zps037d73f0.jpg

Some last fruits we saw, perhaps red elderberry [Sambucus racemosa]?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1131_zpsf09e9143.jpg

Look at the wonderful autum colours
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1137_zps2560f055.jpg

A woodshelter formed as a fungus, that´s nice
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1143_zps670776a7.jpg

An alley of larch [Larix]
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1149_zps1fb88c44.jpg
Even the ground is yellow because the larch is the only coniferous species that looses its needle-leafs in autum

See us having a rest
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1150_zpsfa858dde.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1151_zpsb7c4b6f9.jpg
and playing between the nice coloured leafs

Finally, we reached the river banks
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1156_zpsae59075c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1157_zpsdf6f1cea.jpg
a little bit foggy
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1164_zpsf835da09.jpg

But finally it was a very nice trip with our friends
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-11-13%20Wuppersperre/DSCN1158_zpsd56966d5.jpg

That´s it for today,
dear world
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Nov 24, 2013, 10:19 pm
Sunday: Störte challenged Hase, UrselHH and me for backgammon
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-11-13%20Backgammon/DSCN1160_zpsdf4009bc.jpg
His pool was very lousy so he offered himself that we are allowed to do wht we want with him in case of loosing the game :cyclops:

And the game ran even more lousy for him...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-11-13%20Backgammon/DSCN1154_zpsd1a123a2.jpg
astonishing calmy he reacted, wehn the dices didn´t bring him luck...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-11-13%20Backgammon/DSCN1155_zpsf9169f48.jpg
perhaps he planned to loose the game??
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-11-13%20Backgammon/DSCN1158_zps40a40019.jpg
His last word: Cheers...
perhaps he planned to loose the game??

O.K. Störte... sleep well and don´t wonder how You look when you wake up and we have finish our work...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-11-13%20Backgammon/DSCN1159_zpsd8179c85.jpg

Our revenge was terrible
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-11-13%20Backgammon/DSCN1161_zpsece7e8e8.jpg
Welcome, Captain "Jack" Störte Sparrow...

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Nov 29, 2013, 7:43 pm
Hello world,

today we went into the city and enjoyed the Festival of Lights in the Hindenburgstreet
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-11-13%20Hindenburgstr/DSCN1186_zpsd42e6899.jpg

We saw a lot of lightchains and flames in the street, all looked very comfortable und welcoming
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-11-13%20Hindenburgstr/DSCN1199_zps314a0162.jpg

Look at the wonderful star of the Hutterites
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-11-13%20Hindenburgstr/DSCN1204_zps0d57a05a.jpg

And the shops in this street are a refreshing alternative to the overloaded malls and shopping centers
Here is a hatterer-shop with handcrafted hats (but they all are unfortunately too large for me)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-11-13%20Hindenburgstr/DSCN1222_zpse4c499d8.jpg
An antique shop
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-11-13%20Hindenburgstr/DSCN1208_zpsd078d803.jpg
And an organic grocery store
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-11-13%20Hindenburgstr/DSCN1214_zpse8d5a67d.jpg

Then we found a nice place where we enjoyed deep fried almond pastry for us and a spiked hot orange punch for our eternal thirsty Störte
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-11-13%20Hindenburgstr/DSCN1189_zps5d11a1e3.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-11-13%20Hindenburgstr/DSCN1188_zps6f755d8d.jpg
What a nice event in the evening

That´s all for today,
see and love You, World
until soon
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Nov 30, 2013, 6:32 pm
Hi World,

today we did something for our feathered friends, the birds staying  outside in wintertime
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1227_zps038267a5.jpg
See *Nick* with the raisins, Helmut and me with the vegetable fat, UrselHH with the oat flakes, Hase and Störte with the grain feed
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1232_zps631403f8.jpg

These are old plantingpots with a stick in the middle and we want to melt the fat and mix all our ingriediences together to fill them.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1233_zps667c6dc6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1236_zps3adbe04d.jpg

So let´s start with us melting the fat in a huge panpot
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1237_zps920e6a70.jpg
That takes some time to heat the fat
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1238_zpsd8064009.jpg
Really some time...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1243_zpsf55f7bf2.jpg

After a while the fat began to melt
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1244_zpsa02cfad2.jpg
See Helmut stiring in the pot

*Nick* and me supervise Ursel stiring the oat flakes into the fat
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1248_zps03d8140a.jpg
Ursel is a tough mouse girl and doesn´t need any support she ensures to us :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1249_zps62fbf0db.jpg

After mixing the seed, the oat flakes and the raisins, and stiring the mixture by *Nick*, the feeding is ready for the old little pots
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1254_zps1ad681e9.jpg

See me filling the pot
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1260_zps217343f9.jpg

Ready
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-11-13%20Vogelfutter/DSCN1261_zps0573b413.jpg
When the fat cools out and becomes hard, You can turn around the pots and hang them into the trees so the birds can pick out the seeds, the oat flakes and the raisins in wintertime

That´s it for today
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 3, 2013, 6:09 pm
Hello World,

today we went to the Botanical Garden Solingen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1266_zps2664dcb9.jpg

Altough the autum is almost all over and only a few plants are still blooming, we had some nice views on the scenery there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1267_zps0d5c959e.jpg

Here we are in the Alpinum
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1274_zps57f26770.jpg

Have You ever seen such a huge butterfly?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1280_zps7733937c.jpg

Some last blooming rosebushes
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1285_zps132415f7.jpg

And a lot of impressive trees are here, too
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1291_zps8a1bd0bb.jpg

Here we are at the lake that is situated in the lower part of the botanical Garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1292_zps7af1ffd4.jpg

This is a bookcrossing board situated in the middle of the garden: Some people bring their old books there and let them free and some other interested take them for reading
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1299_zpsde0e1aa4.jpg

From here You have a wonderful view onto the lower part of the garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1305_zps3e48ce8a.jpg


Then we left the park for a while and followed the Korkenziehertrasse that´s a combined foot- and cyclepath that connects the parts of the city besides the streets mainly used by cars
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1320_zpsdc1a47b6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1317_zps045bd3b1.jpg

Uuuhh, this tunnel was a little bit spooky
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1325_zps4b44dbfd.jpg


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 3, 2013, 6:32 pm
Later we passed the nice oldtown of Solingen-Gräfrath and enjoyed the Christmas-lights at the market place
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1337_zps7d207dd9.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1340_zps13fc48ff.jpg

Have a nice first Advent
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1343_zps221aa341.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-12-13%20solingen/DSCN1345_zpsf2f587ef.jpg

Love
Yours
Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 7, 2013, 11:52 am
Hello World,

*Snow * Snow * Snow*
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-12-13%20Nick-Nikolaus/DSCN1351_zpsc008038d.jpg

But first we congratulated *Nick* to his birthday today
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-12-13%20Nick-Nikolaus/DSCN1346_zps0f499ce9.jpg

Suddenly St. Nicholas came to us and all of us got a present because we behaved well this year :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-12-13%20Nick-Nikolaus/DSCN1353_zps5ca49cea.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-12-13%20Nick-Nikolaus/DSCN1354_zpsc1c286a0.jpg

Look what I got
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-12-13%20Nick-Nikolaus/DSCN1357_zpsee5d161e.jpg

Then we gave *Nick* his present
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-12-13%20Nick-Nikolaus/DSCN1360_zps4f820994.jpg
and sung our happy-birthday-song for him
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-12-13%20Nick-Nikolaus/DSCN1361_zpsb3770537.jpg
A golden bear exclusive for him :D

See us having fun in the snow
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-12-13%20Nick-Nikolaus/DSCN1362_zpsc54d0ee1.jpg

What a nice day
See You soon, World
Yours Charlotte



Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 8, 2013, 5:34 pm
Dear World,

Happy second sunday in Advent
wish You Charlotte and friends :D

We have a lot of fun swinging in the Advent wreath :cyclops:

Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 11, 2013, 11:17 pm
Hello world,

today were a lot of surprises waiting for us:-)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1366_zps94abbe80.jpg

At first an envelope from Dr. Kröbner arrivedhttp://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1367_zps3f787360.jpg

Hase was totally upset
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1368_zps1207303e.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1369_zps80b6ce1e.jpg
and crawled into the envelope....

After a looong while we only saw a red cap...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1370_zpsa935289f.jpg
Tadaaahhh
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1371_zps9f6068e4.jpg
Oh, her Mum sent her pullover and the nice winter-cap she got from jasper in Switzerland, what a nice idea

We all admired the nice postcard Dr. Kröbner wrote
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1372_zpsd6cb4e59.jpg
and love the angel that was sent by
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1374_zpsc6891819.jpg

The next happy surprise was the nice postcard OleOrangescarf sent us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1375_zps5e92ca58.jpg
Look at the iluminated windmill standing in the open-air-museum in Detmold, thanks a lot, dear Ole

At last a huge parcel from RikeH
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1376_zps04af9571.jpg

What would be in there??
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1377_zps87513d9c.jpg

See Störte and me creating a new sports: Parceldiving...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1378_zps137e0173.jpg

A christmas present for me....
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1381_zpsd89887ba.jpg
Surely I be brave enough to wait until christmas!!

That´s also hard, but I´m happy to control myself
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1382_zpsd9530b67.jpg

But what about the envelope??
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1383_zps0c026a5c.jpg

I´m not able to wait any longer, I MUST open anything NOW....
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1384_zpsc48fd9e1.jpg

What a suprise... it´s Soeren!!!!!!!!!!!
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1385_zpsdf17f528.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1392_zpse0def1e0.jpg

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/10-12-13%20Hase%20Pulli%20Soeren/DSCN1386_zps55b7107d.jpg
UUUUUUUHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! I pass out!!!!!!!!!!!

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 15, 2013, 5:03 pm
Hello World,

today is the day we will meet mcdaniels in Dortmund again, Soeren is sooo happy spending the last days here and had a great time together with störte, *Nick*, UrselHH, Hase, HelmutBluepant and me
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1393_zps212b5eed.jpg
And now I´m totally upset and we are ready to start having a nice time togther at the christmas fair in Dortmund :D :D

Here we are in Dortmund now in front of the supposedly biggest christmas tree of the world: built from about 1.500 single conifers
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1396_zpsf38607fa.jpg

See little Mefito and me
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1404_zpsb32918bc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1405_zps6c7db616.jpg
I´m soo happy to meet him again and see that he´s well

After this first Hello we went into a café and welcomed the other plushies each other
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1410_zps32800129.jpg
From the left: GustavHH, me, Hase, HelmutBluepant, Kirin, OleOrangescarf, DottyCroc, Dutchy the Lion, Mefito, Soeren, Josie, UrselHH, SunnyHH, störte,Sargent Froggo and*Nick*
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1411_zps15a2b99a.jpg

See Helmut, Ole and me playing in the funny lamp
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1422_zpsaac94306.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1423_zps500f42ca.jpg

And here we are togehter with our best friends, talking about our latest adventures
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1419_zps4571de0a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1420_zpse1b30783.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1421_zpsf4849a77.jpg

No comments....
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1427_zps006e2ea4.jpg

Then, when it became darker, we started our trip around the christmas market
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1441_zpscd5639b5.jpg
Nice and wonderful iluminations everywhere

This shop with the paper stars and buildings we loved most
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1461_zps4d887dad.jpg
But I wasn´t allowed to sit inbetween the houses, cause strunki was afraid of "boom, klirr, ssorry-tssuldigung"...

What a wonderful day in Dortmund with our friends
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-12-13%20Dortmund/DSCN1434_zpsff931a86.jpg

See You soon World,
Bye
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 19, 2013, 2:33 pm
Hello world,

this afternoon we went on the little christmas market in Barmen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1496_zps701dab5e.jpg

Hase and me liked this train a lot, but we didn´t find nice gifts there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1489_zpsb4ac4595.jpg

Strunki told us not to worry about, there a a few days left and so we played in the colourful little christmas tree in her office
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1466_zps324cfaf3.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1467_zps1220bdda.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1468_zps2b0319f0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1469_zpsc1192c0d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1486_zpsca2ec7dd.jpg

In the evening we went to a christmas party of the aquarist society gatw Wuppertal
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1498_zps50d5fc30.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1502_zpsa1874af8.jpg

Lots of yummy eating we had there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1503_zps49abf585.jpg

Here we check the winnings donated by the members for the tombola
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1515_zps21c17aba.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1519_zpsc18f2b35.jpg

Next to us the members have already bought their lottery tickets
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1507_zps232bc650.jpg
The rules are easy and very fair: There are two identical sheet calendars, one sheet for each day. From the one calendar You buy day-sheets, each one costs one EUR. From the second calender the same days You bought were sampled in the lottery wheel. That means that there aren´t any blanks and each lottery ticket has the chance to win. the first winner is allowed to chose one of the winnings on the table what he wants to have and so on until all prizes are raffled
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1513_zpsb7d99c9e.jpg

And guess what? We won something! Look , the 8th of June was taken out of the lottery wheel and we have this sheet
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1525_zps1c00ecd1.jpg

The next winnings came a few moments later
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1526_zpscd203358.jpg
Hmmm, blackberry liqueur
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1528_zps3ae57102.jpg

And we won a third time: home made elderberry jelly
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1532_zpsd58c0591.jpg

What a nice and lucky evening, we have a lot of fun there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1535_zps0c136bea.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-12-13%20Weihnachtsfeier/DSCN1536_zpsdf3ccafc.jpg

That´s all for today,
See and love You
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 20, 2013, 1:45 pm
Hello World,

today is my birthday, I´m two years old now :cyclops:

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1568_zpse3c2acd6.jpg
Strunki handcrafted this wonderful birthday crown for me  :rolleyes:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1569_zpsf2272a49.jpg

See how störte, UrselHH, *Nick* and Hase congratulate me

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1537_zpsc9947d04.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1570_zpsdd5e63d5.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1571_zpsa961bc16.jpg

UrselHH, how nice having You here this day
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1538_zps6fd3a1df.jpg

Hase, my dear, I feel You like being here with us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1539_zpsc38c5d22.jpg

störte, old pal, I know that You like celebrations, when there´s enough to drink :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1540_zps689dae16.jpg

*Nick*, You sweet guy, let me hug You
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1541_zps0402e730.jpg

It´s a great honour to have You all around me now on my day
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1542_zps0237e566.jpg
...but, where are Your presents for me??? :o
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1543_zpsa853b719.jpg
The gang did hide them??
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1544_zpsd9660aaa.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1545_zps3962bbc9.jpg

Thanks a lot, UrselHH
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1546_zps8d49f492.jpg
Hmm, my favourite chocolate :p

From Nick I get a noseflute
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1547_zps7a1b87ea.jpg
Sounds great, but I´m not sure how it´s looking....
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1549_zpsf3433099.jpg

From störte I got a huge bag full of sweeties... http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1550_zps78fdda9a.jpg
We don´t want to know, from where he has "organized" them... :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1551_zps3c925639.jpg

Hase had a tweezer for me, thanks a lot, I need it for my eyebrows B)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1552_zps6d432e9c.jpg

Then it was time to drink some sparkling elderberry secco
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1553_zpsa228bfb4.jpg
and eat some yummy homemade birthday cakes togehter
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1554_zps4c7aacb7.jpg

UrselHH reminded me on the birthday card from her mum RikeH
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1555_zps5d9311bd.jpg
Woooow, such a nice card, with a handpainted clown
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1556_zps13a7d900.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1557_zps60ae2ea4.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1558_zpsb7b85e72.jpg
Thanks a lot, dearest RikeH :D

And now lets start having fun with eating and drinking
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1559_zps87533446.jpg http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1560_zps1ce172ca.jpg

Yeah, very yummy this sparkling elderberry secco
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1566_zps7bc256c2.jpg

What a party :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-12-13%20Lotte%20Geburtstag/DSCN1565_zps1f6184b8.jpg

That´s all for today
Yours
Lotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 22, 2013, 5:46 pm
Hello world,

today we made a short trip around the Müngsten Bridge again, because the weather ist quite open and the temperatures are still o.k.

We start at the confluence of the stream Morsbach and the river Wupper
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1576_zps87ebb1e0.jpg
from the right You see the Morsbach and behind me the bigger one is the Wupper

From the bridge over the Wupper You have a first view to the Diederichstemple
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1577_zps55847f18.jpg
This place we want to visit first

But first we wanted to ask the puddle-oracle
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1578_zps93152caa.jpg
O.K., the oracle says that it isn´t frosty, not dry, but not too wet for a little hiking trip

So we started hiking. It was a little bit tedious uphill, but we did it
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1579_zps2bd2d86a.jpg
See me starting now
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1581_zps3531db92.jpg
Then we arrived our first target: The place from where You can see the Müngstener Brücke
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1604_zps90130dd9.jpg

The view from the Diederichstemple
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1604_zps90130dd9.jpg
Look at this huge Müngsten Brigde from there

After a while hiking downhill, we came to this strange sculptures...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1605_zps19696d32.jpg
And we asked us, what this could be? Some of us voted for some birdhouses and some think, it could be a special ToyVoyager playground...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1607_zpsfcceb1e8.jpg
Finally, we decided, that it must be a playground

Then we passed a little river-island in the Wupper
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1615_zpscc2830af.jpg

And learned some interesting details about the fauna and flora in and around the Wupper here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1621_zps99c157a9.jpg

Finally we reached our last target: The Müngsten Brigde
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/21-12-13%20Muengsten/DSCN1626_zps5be65df0.jpg
And here our tour ended

Love You, World,
Yours
Lotte



Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 25, 2013, 7:07 pm
Hello world,

today is Christmas Eve and we wait for Father Christmas. But before, we have to decorate the christmastree. Strunki gave us a huge box
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1629_zpsae37533f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1630_zps317f8594.jpg

Let´s have a look inside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1635_zps33fa9db2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1637_zps1e9a8146.jpg

It´s full of christmastreedecoration
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1639_zpsd83803ce.jpg

Look, what nice figurines I found
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1648_zps9076608a.jpg
A bear on a rocking horse

I´ll hang it into the tree
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1649_zpsdd9273ce.jpg

Here´s the next one
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1659_zps456b6ed3.jpg
A christmaskangaroo
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1660_zpscd25dd9e.jpg
I love it

And I found another one for the tree
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1670_zpsda59aef2.jpg
A funny penguin

Finally a purple bow of ribbon for the top of the tree
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1675_zps1982740c.jpg

Now our christmastree is fully decorated and we have to be patient and wait for Father Christmas bringing the presents for us this night
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1677_zps7e0c5b82.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1676_zps3e2f2e3d.jpg

What will we get?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1682_zpsf755f1ea.jpg

A few hours later, when we woke up, the sensation happened:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1683_zps8254778b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1684_zps199a09e6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1685_zps80294b78.jpg

I got a present for christmas!!! What can it be??
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1690_zpsdfab3ff6.jpg

Look
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1696_zps8e119988.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1697_zps51395205.jpg
some bars of yummy chocolate and a christmastree-tea light. Thanks a lot, RikeH

And there is another present for me
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1698_zps5a80fd26.jpg
I MUST have a look
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1699_zps0bf2c3b2.jpg
Wooooooow!!!
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1700_zps4376f5b6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1701_zps1043bead.jpg
a shopping trolley
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1702_zps77d433c6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1703_zps8d794fd7.jpg
Uuuuhhh, I loooove it

There is one last present still to be opened, it is from RikeH for strunki and she allowed us alltogether to open it for her
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1710_zps1fb0cda8.jpg

Look at the wonderful christmas card
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1712_zps2c61928c.jpg
Just the card is nice, let´s have a look inside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1713_zpsf6e40ffe.jpg
UrselHH reads it to us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1714_zpsb510d338.jpg
All of us, especially strunki, are very moved by the warm and friendly christmas greetings of RikeH

Then we open the box alltogether
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1717_zps061096c7.jpg
and the first we see is Kleine Fee with me

Wooow, it is a mug with two pictures on
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1719_zpseb1615ad.jpg
the other picture shows Dicker Kumpel with HelmutBluepant
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1718_zps1a4180c4.jpg
What a wonderful idea, the nicest christmas present at all strunki said

What a nice handing out of presents
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1720_zps146b7799.jpg
We all are sooo happy with the wonderful gifts this eve
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1721_zpsbaca9608.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1722_zpse7257b0c.jpg

Now let us have our christmas dinner
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1723_zps81f1b8c7.jpg
Yummy homemade cookies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1724_zpse17a185d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1725_zps4f04975f.jpg

To all of You
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-12-13%20Heiligabend/DSCN1728_zps7a960834.jpg
Merry Christmas

Love You
Yours
Charlotte














Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Dec 30, 2013, 8:34 pm
Hello World,

the last days we were very verly lazy, enjoyed the christmas mood, hanged around, ate too much and so on ;)

But this sunday afternoon the weather was already good enough meeting olgamaus and her crew to show them some nice views on Wuppertal
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-12-13%20Wuppertal/DSCN1741_zpsa424da56.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-12-13%20Wuppertal/DSCN1742_zps79d208d8.jpg
Here we stand on the south side and have a view over Barmen to the North

And here I am again in the Nordpark, wich we have visited a few weeks ago
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-12-13%20Wuppertal/DSCN1748_zps72980cc1.jpg
Very happy, that the sun already shines for a moment

And here we have the view over Barmen from the other side to the south hills
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-12-13%20Wuppertal/DSCN1753_zpsbe6de028.jpg
It is not as clear as it seems to be

At least we had a rest on this fresh logged beech, perhaps it felt down by the last storm here a fortnight ago?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-12-13%20Wuppertal/DSCN1761_zpsfbd447bc.jpg
A very huge tree this was before it fell down...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-12-13%20Wuppertal/DSCN1762_zpsde8f4dce.jpg

That was it for today, I am looking forward of the last day of the year when we want to celebrate a sylvester-party :cyclops:

Love
Yours
Lotte




Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 1, 2014, 11:53 am
Hello world,

today we made a little trip to the part of the Eschbachtal, where the
Lobach
confluences into the Eschbach
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1770_zpsa9bfe01a.jpg
The area is called Hammertal , because a lot of old hammer mills were placed at this streams

Here You see the Lobach
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1775_zps6029dc57.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1780_zps3bb20cd9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1781_zpsde479f9e.jpg

After crossing the street we are now at the entrace to this part of the Eschbachtal, situated between Lobach and Ehringhauser Bach
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1786_zpsb4cdf88d.jpg

In the last days a lot of water floated into the streams and rivers, look
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1792_zps0b4e8f7b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1793_zps17bbbe0b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1798_zps3dfea6c1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1799_zps93eb2b86.jpg

Here the Eschbach is placed about 10 to 15 metres below our path
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1804_zpsf5670a4c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1847_zpsfdffddec.jpg

Look at this old bridge over the stream, unfortunately is´s not allowed to cross it, because its in danger of collapsing
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1854_zps1ccfd74a.jpg

Here we see an old hammermillbuilding, it is the Johanneskotten

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1809_zps32c57034.jpg

And there You can see a hibernation shelter for bats
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1814_zps7e049e86.jpg

After passing it, we reach the official [url=Barbecue area Altenhammer]
http://www.remscheid.de/leben/umwelt-und-natur/wald/Grillplatz_Altenhammer.php[/url] . But before You light a fire, You have to get the permission firsthttp://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1815_zps9a136d29.jpg


There we played a while and had some fun at the stream
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1833_zps5e3bce4d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1834_zps0c3048c6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1835_zpsdc971f69.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1836_zps591c7dd4.jpg

If it would be summer, we could hang our feet into it...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1824_zps2c1671ac.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1826_zpsfff7ff26.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1825_zpsc81aad63.jpg
uuuuhhh... sooo coooold.... and... wet.....

Behind and over this place the is an old small lake
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1832_zpsad641f8a.jpg

On our way back to the point we started, we admired this colourful tree fungus
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1837_zps69a1baef.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/DSCN1842_zpsda8d1323.jpg

That´s our tour of today, tomorrow we want to celebrate Sylvester, the lst day of the Year 2013

Love You
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 1, 2014, 5:08 pm
Hi World,

today it is Sylvester, the very last day of the year. A reason to have a plushie-party the world never ever seen :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1860_zpsb48107a1.jpg

So let´s watch the clock: only one hour left for the year 2013
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1862_zps33158c30.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1863_zps8a60d4bb.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1864_zps078a2a3b.jpg

Time enough for our special-sylvester-plushie-meal: chocolate hearts  :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1865_zpsf6160ef5.jpg

Look, I´m very disciplined in the difficult balloon-balance-dance
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1871_zpsb997f49f.jpg

Then we have our next game: fishing for fortune cookies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1879_zps836fe6f5.jpg
What for a paper slip-sentence will I fish?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1880_zpsd1a9c9ad.jpg
Can You read it?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1881_zpsd10db685.jpg
"Anything that requires thoroughness you do very well"

O.K., lets watch the clock again
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1889_zpsc8857529.jpg

Uiii, almost time for a sparkling plushie wine
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1890_zps3a62dc81.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1892_zpse46a961a.jpg
*HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL* LOVE AND PEACE FOR EVERYONE
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1894_zpsbe935a8f.jpg

So let´s go on the roof and watch the fireworks
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1895_zps02a45783.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1903_zps5a90ead2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-12-13%20Hammertal%20Eschbach/31-12-13%20Sylvester/DSCN1914_zpse2292151.jpg

See You soon and love You
Yours
Lotte









Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 4, 2014, 11:21 pm
Hi World,

today we visited Benrath Palace in Düsseldorf
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1976_zps46e997ca.jpg

Here is a scheme, how the buildings are situated
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1971_zpsc56a04de.jpg

First we had a view above the big lake in front of the palace
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1970_zpsc2e06936.jpg

And like to watch the waterbirds there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1957_zpsc67316bf.jpg
Some swans, a lot of ducks and crowds of seagulls
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1966_zps20bc03ee.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1967_zpsdb56a30d.jpg

Let´s have a view to the front of the main building
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1956_zps4025838d.jpg
It looks as it would be made only for us girls, I think...


In front of the main palace two impressive lions are placed
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1948_zps0425bd9e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1949_zpsdf36ff57.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1947_zpsb6f802bd.jpg
They were gentle enough to allow us playing on them ;)

We walked upstairs to have a look inside...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1932_zpsdf9f21a6.jpg
Woow, very nice inside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1937_zps1409df95.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1942_zps90029f9e.jpg
Does anybody have the telephone-number of the local real estate broker here??? I MUST ask if it is for rent or to buy... could be a nice place for the weekends :cyclops:

Even a large swimming pool it has
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1927_zpsbc86eaa3.jpg
Helmut could be do his waterskiing here...

What a nice place
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-01-14%20Benrath/DSCN1926_zpsb3bb063c.jpg

That´s our tour of today,
love and see You soon

Yours
Lotte






Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 9, 2014, 7:55 pm
Hello World,

today we made a very long trip on the Sambatrasse almost 10 Kilometers long.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/05-01-13%20Sambatrasse/DSCN2003_zps7c6368e3.jpg

After a short while walking we reach a point, where a bridge leads over the tiger-area in the zoo
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/05-01-13%20Sambatrasse/DSCN2008_zpsce86a059.jpg
Look at the funny sign there

We had luck with the weather and enjoyed our walk
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/05-01-13%20Sambatrasse/DSCN2016_zps8c98df91.jpg

Here we pass the point where Burgholztunnel starts, the tunnel connects the west of Wuppertal with the south and is almost 1.900 Meters long
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/05-01-13%20Sambatrasse/DSCN2021_zpsbb305345.jpg

Here Hase, UrselHH and me learned about the history of the Burgholz
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/05-01-13%20Sambatrasse/DSCN2023_zpsf148b43d.jpg

The way further on we passed the point in the near of the Kaisereiche , but we didn´t visit the oak, because later in the afternoon the light became darker and our way was still long
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/05-01-13%20Sambatrasse/DSCN2026_zps3bbbc203.jpg
See me studying the sign about the place

And here finally we pass the small old trainstop Burgholz, now there is a little tavern
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/05-01-13%20Sambatrasse/DSCN2027_zps5098e347.jpg

That was only a part of our tour today, but the later the afternoon was, the darker it became and we were glad to reach the car again ;)

See You soon and love You
Yours
Charlotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 13, 2014, 12:53 am
Hi World,

today we visited the Flora and Botanical Garden in Cologne
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2038_zpsa706c9d4.jpg

The weather was very sunny and fine there, with temperatures almost usual in springtime
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2235_zps66619961.jpg
Look at the nice terrace-spring, but in wintertime there´s no water floating
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2241_zps1da22b8c.jpg

The German emperess Augusta was patroness of the Flora
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2236_zpsf299b906.jpg

First I found a huge solitaire sequoia tree
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2246_zps34876976.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2251_zps0078a714.jpg

Next we talked to this nice, friendly lady and her deer
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2252_zps39e584fa.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2256_zps80191b2f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2257_zps1dcacc67.jpg

Then I saw a first suprise: a blooming tree at middle january!
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2227_zps1ceb29ed.jpg

And here a nice example for a small garden and a still smaller garden house
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2039_zps3f4a6d68.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2048_zps1b606b1b.jpg
It´s a snowball-tree (viburnum)

And look at the rare green-yellow striped moundlily yucca (Yucca gloriosa)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2049_zps584558f4.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2050_zps1e939c33.jpg
There we played for some time enjoying the warm sun

And see me here in front of the pampas grass
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2057_zpse7baa888.jpg
in the near of a nice lake
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2062_zps0277efc4.jpg

Here another two impressions of the park-landscape of the Botanical Garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2067_zpse472d885.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2072_zps45712d7c.jpg

This is very unique in Germany
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2083_zps1591b7d8.jpg
An allèe only with palms
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2089_zpsc0cd6c79.jpg
This was the second suprise for us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2094_zpse9ebe05b.jpg

See me with a nice christmas rose (helleborus niger)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2116_zpsaaabc5ae.jpg

But this was the main reason for us visiting the Flora in this January
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2117_zps4937e4f8.jpg
The camellia-show in one warmhouse
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2122_zps0ae9a7a4.jpg

Some of the early camellia (Camellia japonica) are blooming yet
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2129_zps11973382.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2130_zpsee1c9180.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2135_zps006fff69.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2140_zps0f9d6f6f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2149_zps3707ea7f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2150_zps7163f890.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2155_zpse4ea93b1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2156_zpsbb8ce2f5.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2157_zps39d919e7.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2158_zpsd5dbdb95.jpg

This nice statue we like, but it has a sad name: dying amazone
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2159_zps5adb1b05.jpg
It remembers us, that all beauty has to go sometime...

And more beautiful blossoms, but sorry, I wasn´t able to remember them all in detail
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2167_zpse1c71caf.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2172_zpsc4da27f1.jpg

Inbetween all this camellia-blossoms I found a very interesting other plant that I hope to meet in a few weeks on Tenerife
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2178_zps4600ef41.jpg
Can You read the sign? It is the Canary (Island) bellflower

Here we made a first rest and enjoyed the beautiful varieties of the camellia flowers
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2179_zps40a22cee.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2180_zps62904f66.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2222_zps28e0e526.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2223_zps82e0bb5f.jpg

But we also found other nice flowers
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2161_zps5fc01d28.jpg
See me with Hase and UrselHH

And see the giant groundsel (Senecio grandiflorus)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2201_zps9d9ad8b3.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2210_zps37cd863d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2211_zps26516571.jpg

And here we have the Chilean bellflower (Lapageria rosea)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2196_zps74bfd80a.jpg

Another nice station with other camellia-varieties
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2191_zps9d2a90ce.jpg

What a wonderful place
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2189_zps079646fd.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2190_zps30f2ef89.jpg

This blossom I like most
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2217_zpse5a33019.jpg

And even outside the warmhouse we find some blooming and frostresistant camellias
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2100_zpse79064a2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2106_zps96ece77a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2111_zpsf788ebdd.jpg

What a wonderful nice day we had
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/12-01-14%20Flora/DSCN2229_zpsd3aae073.jpg

See and Love You all
Yours
Lotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 18, 2014, 9:16 pm
Hello world,

today the weather was so fine and sunny altough it is mid-january, we decided to play a little bit in the garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2277_zps6a8a7bd4.jpg
We started in the flower box and enjoyed the purple primeroses
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2279_zpsbfa8bdba.jpg
See me with UrselHH and *Nick*

After a while I wanted to see what´s going on in the garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2271_zps6c339759.jpg
Well, the garden looks very messy...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2284_zps35dc7ec9.jpg

So I decided to help strunki a little bit with cleaning up the most with old leafs covered spots that the earth gets more light and is able to respire much better
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2309_zpscda5ea77.jpg
First I cut down the old faded twigs from the last year with the gardenshears

Next step was raking the foliage
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2289_zps0c57a847.jpg
Really hard work but it must be when You want to have it tidy

And look what grows under all these leafs: first stems of snowbells
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2294_zps8da24324.jpg
and the first little rosettes of the sedum
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2276_zps795269fa.jpg

Finally I had to put the foliage into the barrel for bringing it to the composter
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2299_zpsc6c2e4a7.jpg
ooooooops
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2300_zps616a83ef.jpg
Why the hell this always only happen to me???
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2301_zps2819eee8.jpg
PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2302_zpsde999536.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2303_zps482ac6c7.jpg
graceful I shin up to the edge

What a stultifying end of the afternoon
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-14%20Garten/DSCN2304_zpsa296ba49.jpg

That´s all for today
See and love You
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 19, 2014, 10:00 pm
Hello world,

because last week we felt so nice in Cologne , we wanted to come back to the city again for visiting the huge Dome today.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2320_zps37804485.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2318_zpsd425e10c.jpg
See the imposant skyline from the other side of the rhine
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2319_zps1e6e7022.jpg


So we started and went over the Hohenzollernbridge
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2321_zpsdac0cd7e.jpg

In the middle of the bridge a huge rhine-freighter passed under us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2324_zps70507901.jpg

On the fence that separates the footpath from the railway I found a lot of padlocks, fixed by couples who carved their names on it, close it and throw the key into the river hoping of everlasting love
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2332_zps2972733f.jpg

Here, from the end of the bridge, we have a first close look on the huge Cologne Cathedral
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2337_zps867206b6.jpg

Such an impressive building
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2342_zpscdd3a96f.jpg

See the two migthy towers
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2347_zpsb133b231.jpg
and the huge main portals
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2352_zps0da47582.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2357_zpsd69b5860.jpg
the bronce lions are estimated some hundered years old and could tell lots of interesting stories

And they invited us to have a look inside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2362_zpsf0cf604a.jpg
Just now a liturgy service was celebrated there, so we didn´t want to disturbe the attendants and stayed only a short moment
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2367_zps7faed239.jpg

Before we left the cathredral, we admired the colourful crib, wich is part of the "cologne route of cribs"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2369_zpsfdf9cb12.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2370_zps3111355b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2371_zps73a9558f.jpg

Some last impressions of the Cathedral from outside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2381_zpsb3b6b8e0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2376_zps0ba31792.jpg

In the near we found this nice spring, it is the so called Heinzelmännchenbrunnen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2382_zps0a8dccac.jpg

Here we are in the oldtown now and see one of the Roman Churches of Cologne
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2387_zpsb5b49c9e.jpg
This is Great St. Martin

And here we see St. Kunibert
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2392_zps9cbfd06e.jpg

Here is an old tower inbetween modern buildings
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2399_zpsd8ba6a41.jpg

On our way by foot to the Flora we pass the Cologne Sculpture Park
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2404_zps01e93f0c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2405_zps832f9775.jpg

This sculpture I like most :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2406_zpsdaba0d07.jpg

And here we reach the main entrance of the Flora You already know from the last week ago
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2415_zps41e03177.jpg

We know the place but I wanted to visit the tropical greenhouses we weren´t able to visit last week
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2420_zpsaaeca657.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2425_zpse1e49638.jpg

Here we hve fun between the cacti in the Succulent house
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2431_zpse13f1e26.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2433_zps69a16936.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2434_zps34cf74a6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2435_zps41e9b3f8.jpg

And this is a flower we are very happy to see today, the nice yellow winter aconite [Eranthis hyemalis]
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2430_zps15f9eb4c.jpg

This was our great walk in Cologne
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-14%20Koeln-Dom-Flora/DSCN2440_zps48fab7a8.jpg

See and love You
Yours
Charlotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 25, 2014, 7:27 pm
Hello world,

do You remember the map HemutBluepant and *Nick* gave störte as a birthday present some months ago?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN1111sw_zps5b444e89.jpg

today störte needs our help, he said...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2441_zpsf870b85a.jpg
"Until now I wasn´t able to find out yet, wich island this map shows", he told us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2442_zps2a6b0932.jpg

So would You help me to identify an island that has got the same shape or silhouette?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2443_zps663c55ac.jpg
On the first map we didn´t find any island that comes into question...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2444_zpsdb464471.jpg
The second one was also a failure...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2445_zps16324437.jpg
This third one was a similar triangle shape, but it wasn´t störtes island...

But suddenly, after a mount of maps... THIS was the island we are looking for :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2453_zps2ed1cd91.jpg
Hey, that is tenerife, the island we will travel to in a few days, oh what luck we have :cyclops:

So let´s pack our things we need there to go on holiday and for the treasure hunt
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2454_zps3ad83179.jpg
what a lot of stuff...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2455_zps63aac76f.jpg

I will take the bathing towels we will need there at the beach
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2460_zpsbe108c57.jpg

So we pack our bunch and are glad that our great adventure will start
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2461_zps0b901f45.jpg

Tenerife, we are coming
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2447_zpsbad0117d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-14%20Reisevorbereitungen/DSCN2452_zps085d8626.jpg

...tbc

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 27, 2014, 10:56 pm
Hi World,

today too early in the morning, at three o´clock we started our big tour to Tenerife
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2462_zpsb095a0a0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2466_zps01a44b94.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2467_zpsce6a01c2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2468_zps19d00a91.jpg

Here we are at the departure gate and discover the area while we waiting that the boarding will start
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2473_zps48d864e4.jpg

First palm impressions
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2484_zpsb3bac581.jpg

And we met the camel, I told the others about a few days ago
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2485_zpsfee34564.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2486_zps902febca.jpg

This is our jumbo that will bring us to the island. The flight will take about four and a half hour
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2479_zpsfad3838f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2474_zps21b93e02.jpg

Boarding completed :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2525_zpsb59348d1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2526_zpsee06f0ce.jpg

After a hour the stewardesses served us a small breakfast
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2488_zps22a18794.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2489_zps7999328d.jpg

The beginning of the sunrising after one and half our in the air
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2499_zps944207f9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2512_zps67d9f873.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2513_zps314e8bda.jpg

...Who else needed "the bag"??
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2500_zps7f693b9e.jpg
Poor me...

Time went fast by watching the latest smurf-movie
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2539_zpsd8f25f59.jpg

We had very nice weather for the flight
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2524_zps8c930a2c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2533_zpsf4f3a908.jpg

And then, suddenly, after four hours, the first impressions from the island of tenerife
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2548_zpsd3277ed9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2553_zpsa991d396.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2558_zpseb8235ba.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2564_zps63f4b1ea.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2569_zpsfa24d012.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2574_zps597f6905.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2586_zpsc95b0cb0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2594_zps19914f4d.jpg

...tbc




Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 27, 2014, 11:17 pm

And here we reach our hotel
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2621_zpsb3f76597.jpg

A first meeting with the big sleeping-Orca ad the Manatee, the had to travel as cargo-luggage...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2595_zps168c3e6c.jpg

And first views from the balcony
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2612_zps2d933a61.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2613_zpsb331e8f0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2614_zps6ba61c25.jpg

That was our first day here on tenerife and a lot more nice days will follow
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2615_zpsfc4ef345.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/7-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/27-01-14%20Airport-Flug-Ankunft/DSCN2616_zpsaf4f7d8f.jpg

Love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 28, 2014, 9:38 pm
Hello World,

today we visited the oldtown of La Orotava
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2632_zps53f3f168.jpg
Here we start with a view over the oldtown from the top of the Gardens of Marquesado de la Quinta Roja
Here a view over this nice terraced garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2642_zps5bd654d7.jpg
This building was planned being a tomb, but it never used to be one
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2637_zps80f6fd80.jpg
When we went the steps down, we found this nice huge vase
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2644_zpsbfff052f.jpg
Some blooming orange daylilies [hemerocallis]
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2649_zps44ad2237.jpg
The view on the garden from the base
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2643_zps58902149.jpg
A first coffee with milk, in spain we order "una café con leche, por favour"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2655_zpsadf027c1.jpg

After this small break we went on and visited the small but fine botanical garden of La Orotava, a dependance of the bigger Botanical Garden of Puerto de la Cruz
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2660_zps10dce482.jpg
The first very huge "tree" we see is a Canarian dragontree, [dracaena draco], it is the typical plant, but not a real tree, it belongs to the botanical familiy of Asparagaceae
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2665_zpse74006ec.jpg
This is a Abyssinian or red banana [Ensete ventricosum], it looks nice with its red leafstalk, but it doesn´t have any fruit
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2670_zps6f2e6a9b.jpg
And here we have a bird of paradise [Strelitzia reginae]
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2675_zpseef146e0.jpg
An anthuria
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2682_zps81cb3f24.jpg
A final view into the park before we leave this peaceful green place in the middle of this buzzy town
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2687_zps377ca1ef.jpg

Our next point of interest is the church Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion with its nice orange dome and two imposant towers
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2697_zps96e11fe4.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2702_zps8e1c5671.jpg
Let´s have a short view inside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2692_zps7eabaea1.jpg

Our final visit in La Orotava belonged to the houses with typical canarian wooden balconies, the so called "Casas del los balcones"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2707_zps7444e35b.jpg
The balconies there are carved in a very nice manner
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2712_zps7371834d.jpg
The patio of one house we were able to visit
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2718_zps39129f02.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2723_zps1237139f.jpg

What a nice and full day in La Orotava
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/28-01-14%20Orotava/DSCN2713_zpsce6c16a8.jpg
This was it for today,
love and see you soon
Yours
Lotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 29, 2014, 9:40 pm
Hi World,

today we visited the beautyful smalltown of Garachico in the North-West of Tenerife
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2732_zps481251f3.jpg
Here the views from the top
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2742_zps83239e8e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2743_zps0d26f522.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2748_zps46ae6ff2.jpg

And here we are in front of the oldtown
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2749_zps8943e1c7.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2754_zpse8d453ce.jpg

Some first impressions of the oldtown
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2759_zps14c9d3de.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2760_zps37e26e09.jpg

Inbetween a very small park the old gate of the haven is situated now. It´s called "Puerta de las tierras", that means "gate of earth"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2766_zps606ec9e0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2771_zpscc9b1654.jpg

Some nice hibiscus there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2776_zps7da2bbec.jpg

The next sight is the curch of Santa Ana with its typical tower
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2781_zpse4eccea5.jpg

And here we are in the centre of the oldtown, even the typial canarian balconies we found there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2790_zps08e7dabb.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2791_zps3fe1f45f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2801_zps11d4d6a0.jpg

Let´s have a break with a short very sweet coffee, called "cortado leche leche". A shot of very sweet condensated milk is added in :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2796_zps64f23fe4.jpg

Because of the rough sea, the natural swimming pools are closed, what a pity :thinking:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2802_zpsd1a78820.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2803_zps0d73da80.jpg

Finally we saw Castillo de San Miguel and störte inspected the cannon there with a lot of interest :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2808_zpsff83b72d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-01-14%20Garachico/DSCN2809_zpse2acdab7.jpg

That was our tour of today and we hope that many nice days will follow
Love You
Lotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 30, 2014, 9:25 pm
Hello World,

today we drove to Santa Cruz de Tenerife
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN0304_zps71af1bd2.jpg
Here You see a very imposant building, it is the Auditorio de Tenerife , a Congress-and Concerthall, planned by the famous architect Santiago Calatrava
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN0299_zps40c77c8f.jpg
And the tower there is from the church Nuestra Señora de la Conception
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2927_zpsd3956be4.jpg
This nice building is called "Fábrica La Lucha", it was a formerly tobaccofactory
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2872_zps6d895713.jpg
And here we are at the "Plaza del Príncipe de Asturias"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2878_zps65d35287.jpg
Me in front of the fish-statue and a drago tree at the "Plaza del Chicharro"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2884_zps51a831c6.jpg
Over this impressive bridge we walked and came to the famous market "Mercado Nuestra Señora de Africa"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2889_zps53924613.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2895_zps0e4099b8.jpg
Let´s go inside and see what groceries we will find there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2901_zps84f61796.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2907_zps434aabdd.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2912_zps1b75d4cc.jpg
Woow, soo much sorts of potatoes :D A variety of a more than fifty different sorts
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2918_zps63e3bc78.jpg
So we discussed at the central spring what we wanted to buy here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2913_zpsf6c63844.jpg
The decision fell on the cookies :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2919_zpsb1f9dcc0.jpg
Delicious with a good cup of coffee :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2922_zps736939b7.jpg

After this short break we left the market and met these friendly guys with their fishingboat
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2896_zps75b3c355.jpg

Our last visitors highlight for today in Santa Cruz was the Parque García Sanabria
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2819_zps22956564.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2824_zpse7fb06c0.jpg
Look at the nice pink bougainvilla
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2825_zpse3da2720.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2826_zpsf11413f6.jpg
On these park benches we watched some scenes on ceramic tiles
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2827_zpse330e79d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2828_zps3475c1e5.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2829_zps6e384deb.jpg
A bamboo avenue
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2839_zpseb644d51.jpg
So nice views there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2844_zps52b3a0d8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2849_zpsc01683c6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2854_zps5c7e5cca.jpg
This nice lady is the darling of the citizens here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2862_zpsa6dad9aa.jpg
Yes, Helmut, I know, You like her, too when I remember our holiday last year here...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-01-14%20Santa%20Cruz/DSCN2867_zpsdc6611a9.jpg

So that was our tour of today
Love and see You soon :D
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 31, 2014, 10:55 pm
Hola World,

today the weather was fine enough to start our Tour to the Teide-Mountain.
But before, we visited Mirador Humboldt to have a beautiful view over the valley of Orotava
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2928_zpsd4bac0a6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2933_zps066f3527.jpg
Look at this impressive scenery
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2934_zpsf165d08a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2935_zps6220e0a9.jpg
Teide, we are coming :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2940_zpsb7d3a8be.jpg
...tbc

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 1, 2014, 12:01 am
From there we drove higher and nearer to the Pico del Teide, the highest Mountain of Spain
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2950_zpsaf07206b.jpg
The higher we came, the more the vegetation changes
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2949_zpsc921d6d6.jpg
We drove through laurel forest
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2955_zps6d3909e1.jpg
and later the trees changed into Canary pine [Pinus canariensis]
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2961_zps462bb171.jpg

On our way to the Canadas, we found this so called \"Rose of stone\"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2956_zps154009a5.jpg

Here we are on an altitude of about 2.100 m over Sea Level and there were no trees anymore, but only small bushes can survive there
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2966_zpsdddd121c.jpg

From this point I had the nearest view on the Pico
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2971_zps766a9a12.jpg
When we drove high, we mostly have a look to the snowy northern side, but from here You see the south side of the mountain always free from snow

Here we are at the so called Roques del García
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2981_zps5bf6ff75.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2976_zps893c69ab.jpg

And here the views into the giant caldera
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2994_zpsf29a632f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2995_zpse8c3a998.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2996_zps7c184e9b.jpg
Nice are the various colours of the different volcanic stones
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN2997_zpsfee21a38.jpg

A very impressive plant here is the Red Mount Teide bugloss [Echium wildpretii], but it only has full flowers in Summer and all we saw were the faded pedicels
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN3002_zpsc821eb5a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN3007_zpsc91e86ba.jpg
(Please click on the link above to get an impression how beautiful the flower of this plant can be)

We had a great day here and hope to come back for seeing more
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN3012_zpsb88a0ed2.jpg

That was our trip of today
Love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte



Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 1, 2014, 8:03 pm
Back to the Hotel, störte became ill and wasn´t able to celebrate his daily spirituals test... :o
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN3014_zps6ba1c613.jpg

So he asked us to substitute him and taste the drink of today for him
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN3023_zps2dc4baa1.jpg
This is a bananaliqueur and I like it :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-14%20Teide/DSCN3025_zps2f59fb7a.jpg
Good night and sleep well
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 1, 2014, 8:57 pm
Hi World,

today on saturday we visited the nice farmersmarket with local products
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3033_zpsf028a1e1.jpg
So many delicious groceries, what should we buy for our plushie-picknick?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3039_zps308024d8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3038_zpse0ac9b6e.jpg

...The carrots look nice, but... carrots for a picknick?? I don´t know...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3042_zps2586dec1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3043_zps081c40f8.jpg
In the afternoon we will hold our plushie-picknick


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 1, 2014, 9:31 pm

our next stop we made at Punta de Hidalgo with an impressive view on the mountains of anaga
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3058_zps534b13b7.jpg

Unfortunately the weather was not very nice, it rained and so we decided not to hold our plushie-picknick at the beach of Bajamar
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3064_zps67eccc9a.jpg

instead of we visited the very nice Café Melita
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3045_zps73cc3f62.jpg
and had a delicious "Tarta de Manzana" (Applepie) and a coffee with milk
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3046_zps27c57671.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3047_zps79fb1cde.jpg

Afterwards we made a little walk and found HelmutBluepants favourite flowers, the Plumerias
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3053_zpsd5bd5dff.jpg

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 1, 2014, 10:03 pm
Back to our hotel in the afternoon we packed out our groceries we bought on the market at Tacoronte in the morning
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3065_zpsbebe755d.jpg

Everything is ready for our plushie-picknick
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/01-02-14%20Markt/DSCN3070_zpse364c1d2.jpg
*Nick* bought the cookies and a piece of Gofio with almonds,
Hase bought some nice tasting tomatoes in plushie-size,
UrselHH bought a piece of canarian goat-cheese
and störte bought a bottle of red wine

¡Buen provecho!


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 2, 2014, 9:52 pm
Hello World,

today for the first time the weather was fine enough to spend the day on the beach and so we drove to the West, to Los Silos, where a very wild beach expected us
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3072_zps4a46294e.jpg

What´s there in the background?? The whale skeleton I remember from last year
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3077_zpsb1b92e19.jpg
I told my friends that this whale stranded here some years ago and the people decided to prepare the bones of this impressive marine mammal
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3083_zps6acc1e48.jpg
And störte informed us that he found an advice on his treasure map
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3084_zps7e335219.jpg
What adventures will we find at this wild and lonely beach??
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3085_zps3e34b8e8.jpg
The landscape here is incredible
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3101_zpsabb2d9e8.jpg
But the path is so heavy that only 4X4-Cars can drive there, so we had to hike...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3103_zps671df3b7.jpg
...through deep canyons...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3102_zps81b50191.jpg
and we had to climb up high and rough hills
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3104_zps3a9aa448.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3105_zpsd85c7456.jpg
After a while we came to a strange place
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3090_zps3ed50b44.jpg
Here is a whole in the stones and when some heavy waves breake here, You hear (and sometimes see) a fountain coming out.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3091_zps630e6861.jpg
A noise like from hell, I was sooo afraid that my friends had to hold me
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3096_zpsfeec5de5.jpg
Later we found nice yellow flowers blooming and I remembered that I saw them last year as well
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3106_zpsfec4f199.jpg
Here was the place we spent many nice hours and Helmut hided here something useful, I remember as well...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3114_zpse442a887.jpg
But first we took out our clothes and opened the naturist-beach-season 2014 here :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3118_zps982fc91f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3117_zps9f74f6ab.jpg
After this first recreatable chilling, *Nick* found something in a deep cave
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3119_zpsf8ff5c67.jpg
Woow, the boats of HelmutBluepant from the last year
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3120_zps2543d78e.jpg
Since here the treasure map is all right :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/02-02-14%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN3121_zps9e251940.jpg
...tbc

That was our adventure for today and we hope that many nice experiences will follow :D
See You soon
Yours
Lotte




[tv]
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 3, 2014, 11:40 pm
Hello World,

today we went to the southside of Tenerife, where we found some mysterious pyramids. Yes, You read right, they even have pyramids here in Güimar .
Not as huge as in Egypt or as well known as the ancient buildings in South-America, but here are some monuments that You can identify as pyramids.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3134_zps78146c19.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3132_zps6acdb044.jpg

We were welcomed by two impressive figureheads formerly ornated two vessels of the Olsen shipping company, that has sponsored this museum in cooperation with the norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl who rediscovered the pyramids here in the 80ties
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3139_zps45021c4e.jpg

störte said, the people here have so much luck that we found Helmuts boats yesterday, otherwise he had to enter this ship here, a replica in perfect plushie-size of the "Santa Maria", one of the three ships Christopher Columbus discovered the New World...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3140_zps70ff1222.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3141_zps6043a5c3.jpg

The next impressive exhibition piece was a huge long drum shaped as a crocodile from Papua-New Guinea
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3146_zpsf68c71ec.jpg

Then we went into the first building
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3147_zpsa7671f0f.jpg
and found at the entrance a rebuilded relief stele of "Kon-Tiki" a god of the Inkas and eponym for T. Heyerdahls first raft in 1947
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3156_zps3a92f382.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3157_zps1dd7fa67.jpg

This nice guy is a rebuilded statue of a south-indian native who is fishing
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3158_zps4166675a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3161_zps2d824c47.jpg

Look at this fierce Moche-man
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3162_zpsb406e177.jpg

Here we have a scene, how the native canarians, the Guanches looked
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3173_zps14a04364.jpg

In this room we learned where in the world reedboats are used
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3185_zps09bbdc2d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3174_zps9bdb3fb6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3175_zps061bb89d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3180_zps52e167bb.jpg

And here we learned where in the world pyramids were built
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3187_zps5610723c.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3188_zps90a766a1.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3189_zps62838b12.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3190_zpsc3a99b00.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3196_zpsda6db469.jpg

The ancient canarians built pyramids as well...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3201_zps8928e1d8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3206_zps21c1b4f6.jpg

Here we met huge, but friendly wooden Komodo dragons
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3207_zps68bcb44d.jpg

The landscape to the seaside is also very nice
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3212_zpsbea56d82.jpg

And some more views on pyramids again
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3224_zps1a9430c5.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3234_zps26623290.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3239_zps590d74b2.jpg

And other nice scenes again
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3229_zps283a8734.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3244_zpsda56cea2.jpg


We are sooo astonished about this secret place
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3276_zpsf9ebf3c5.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3281_zpsece57942.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3286_zps9231f3c6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3291_zps85069ffc.jpg

In another area of the museum we learned something about the canarian flora
Here is the sweet tabaiba (Euphorbia balsamifera)
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3249_zps4b51d5c6.jpg

And here Echium decaisnei
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3254_zps1d429efb.jpg

Euphorbia canarensis I found here
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3259_zps15fdb232.jpg

This plant also was nice but I forgot the name... sorry :(
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3264_zpsd1191edf.jpg

In this bush we played a little bit
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3265_zpsddbcd512.jpg

And here we see a blooming Aloe vera
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3270_zpsab0c90f2.jpg

Not very often You see the aeonium blooming
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3275_zpsc41b20f5.jpg

This tree we already know from the Canadas del Teide
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3292_zpsf8611787.jpg

The opuntia is an emigrant from america but very common here because until last century the conchenille louse was breeded on this plant for cropping the red karmesin pigment
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3312_zps10e5d42c.jpg

Sugarcane, a very important ingriedience for störtes fave holiday drink :p
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3317_zps7e67b4a0.jpg

A violet nymphea
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3328_zps6d828143.jpg

And what do the canaries produce today?
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3293_zps5a0534d6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3294_zpsa2d00698.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3295_zps8a7c638b.jpg

And here we have another last good reason for enjoying the stay in this magnificent museum: To test Thor´s rafts and boats :cyclops:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3217_zps95c9935b.jpg
Kon Tiki
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3319_zpsb30edbbe.jpg
Ra and Tigris-Boats
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3320_zps3f8446bf.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3321_zpsa5d3d0ae.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3322_zpse970f664.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3323_zps027d9348.jpg

Woow, what a full and nice day, but now we are tired enough to fall in sleep :)
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/03-02-14%20Guinmar/DSCN3318_zps1186ee1e.jpg

Good night and sleep as well
Yours
Lotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 4, 2014, 11:44 pm
Hi World,

today we went to the famous Loro Parque in Puerto de la Cruz.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN0622_zpsd70fd99d.jpg
The entrance is a rebuilt Thai-Village
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3333_zps526a8278.jpg
First we saw a nice waterfall
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN0603_zps80b80dc7.jpg
and went into the Aquarium
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN0607_zps3e05b570.jpg
meeting a shark
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN0613_zpsca0efda4.jpg
and some little lionfish
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN0620_zps303a9ace.jpg
A huge tank with a school of fish
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3383_zpsd2a141d2.jpg

We went on and saw Gorillas. The group here is very special: males only from other Zoos, where boys were born in captivity, because without some females the bachellors are peaceful among themselves. And they had to be taken out their gropus when they grow up, because the main male wouldn´t accept them any longer.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3338_zps1537b423.jpg

A view into the palmgarden
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3343_zps2a13015c.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3541_zpsc9e84ace.jpg

Then we came to "Planet Penguine"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3348_zps46d8b10e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3353_zps407aba10.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3354_zps92e8f4e6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3359_zps4728d997.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3360_zps07663290.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3372_zps51453f3b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3376_zps28643001.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3377_zps62a440f0.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3378_zps39d82172.jpg

Again we found Helmuts favourite flowers, today in pink. Helmut knows this tree here very well from last year and we know that he loves it :D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3387_zps5745cd57.jpg

One of the oldest buildings in the park in moorish architecture, where the Loro Show takes place
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3392_zpse48fb402.jpg

We wanted to visit the Dolphin Show, but the dolphin pools are under construction at the moment so the show is cancelled for a few months...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3393_zps88727fff.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3396_zps010fbf57.jpg

Instead of the Dolphins we had fun to see the Otters
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3399_zps7b7e254e.jpg

And enjoyed the hibiscus
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3410_zpsb2de785e.jpg

Next station: Giant turtles
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3415_zps257b68d1.jpg

Now we are in the area called "Orchids Paradise"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3425_zps82007507.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3426_zps41311fa4.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3435_zps169f84a6.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3436_zps947692f6.jpg

See the flamingoes
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3439_zpsf63c20c5.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3444_zps58af597a.jpg

And now we are entering the "Katandra TreeTops",  a giant voliere where birds are able to fly almos free
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3519_zps2d5b7a03.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3517_zps780b4d58.jpg
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http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3546_zpscc43012a.jpg
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http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3552_zps588a1607.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3557_zps1aa819b6.jpg

At the next station we saw white tigers
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3563_zpsce2a8527.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3564_zpsfc29a676.jpg

At the gambia market we ate a chocolate banana in memory of Helmut :p
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3525_zps56ed37df.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3526_zps757ee358.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3524_zps2749b916.jpg

The last highlight was the Orca Ocean
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3574_zpsf30e7211.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3575_zps44ff45ee.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN0579_zpsff9450b8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN0600_zpsbb037c6d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3455_zps533c3c63.jpg

That was a very full day with lots of impressions
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/04-02-14%20LP/DSCN3449_zps30389af7.jpg
Love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 5, 2014, 10:28 pm
Holá World,

today we spent a lazy day at the coast, enjoying the cloudless blue heaven and the warm sun with a beautiful view on Mount Pico del Teide:D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/05-02-14%20Strand/DSCN3589_zpsde2f6753.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/05-02-14%20Strand/DSCN3590_zps38fbfbe7.jpg

See us naturist-style-tanning in the sun on our nice plushie-towels :cyclops:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/05-02-14%20Strand/DSCN3580_zps893410b4.jpg
The day was sunny, but the sea is still very, very heavy, so we decided to postpone our plushie-boat trip

But in addition to that we found some very nice plushie-surf-boards B)
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/05-02-14%20Strand/DSCN3595_zpsf36ff3df.jpg
How cool is that?? ...I really don´t know if this will the right sport for me... I will be glad if I´m on the cruiser in a few weeks...

Instead of going surfing we built a column of friendship
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/05-02-14%20Strand/DSCN3596_zps358686ab.jpg
Everybody of us found a stone and we stacked up stone on stone together
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/05-02-14%20Strand/DSCN3597_zps1ed616cb.jpg

That´s for today,
Love and see You
Yours
Lotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 7, 2014, 10:07 pm
Holá World,

today we visited our "hometown" for this holiday, Puerto de la Cruz and I want to show You the Promenade, the Old Town with some nice historical buildings and some places here
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3609_zps75c84969.jpg

Let´s start our tour at the small old harbour
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3614_zpsc9482e99.jpg

Here we met a nice lady, a fishseller
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3615_zps41439fef.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3616_zpsd1920e67.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3618_zpsf59a299c.jpg

The next building was a formely tradinghouse and now You find the Tourist Office there
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3623_zpsa86f2d94.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3628_zps918393de.jpg

The street along I found a banana-shrub with fruits on the one and a blossom on the other plant
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3634_zpsfe6f4960.jpg
Remember, we are in a town :D

Now we are on Plaza Europa and in the backround You see the old walls of the harbour
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3639_zps0deffb9f.jpg

From there You have a first view on the complete seaside and the promenades
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3650_zpsad4e914c.jpg
The white fountain You see in the backround is the Fountain of Lago Martianez
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3651_zps0c0b7143.jpg

A nice old red building with a typical canarian balcony
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3656_zpsd5fa9a5a.jpg

And here we are at the promenade San Telmo with a little old hermitage
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3669_zps264a9d38.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3675_zps766faa09.jpg

From there we walk along and come to the next promenade Martianez
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3676_zps7f332a01.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3682_zps8fdfd208.jpg
Here You see the fountain again
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3687_zps914cf7a3.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3688_zps9592b36e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3689_zps0284f139.jpg

Let´s have a first rest and take some cocktails :p
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3677_zpsd8b2a0db.jpg

Now we are at the beach of Martianez
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3695_zpsdc7b89b7.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3701_zps9a2f3d23.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3706_zps01c1d70d.jpg

This was the outest point and now we walk back on the promenade
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3711_zps1619c0f7.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3716_zps3c9a966c.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3721_zps6d5b1c90.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3728_zpsf1bbb9bc.jpg

Now we see some nice buildings of the old town of Puerto de la Cruz
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3664_zpse5ed9195.jpg
Hotel Monopol, the oldest Hotel here in town in typical canarian style
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3737_zpsd4ca6337.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3738_zps5d87ed66.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3744_zps07485080.jpg

The church Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia on the Plaza de la Iglesia with a nice swan in the middle of the fountain there
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3753_zpsd20fb43a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3766_zps9c5e9490.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3759_zps209bcb91.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3760_zpscc562708.jpg

And finally we come to Plaza del Charco (Place of the puddle) where we found a playground and a second rest with a huge cup of ice cream :p
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3777_zps3ae2c9b7.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3778_zpscb340499.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3779_zpsc297e7e1.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3780_zps508d19bd.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3782_zpsb9af2543.jpg

What a nice but long walk for us plushies, now we are happy and the ice-cream was delicious :cyclops:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3783_zpsd2c84a86.jpg

That´s for the day, love and see You
Yours
Lotte



Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 7, 2014, 11:04 pm
Hello World,

today the weather wasn´t as good as yesterday in the north so we decided to drive to the south again for trying out Helmuts boats in the small harbour of Güimar
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3947_zps345fcf9b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3948_zps3b7143b9.jpg

But first we wanted to have some lunch and chose typical canarian dish: in saltwater boild potatoes with green and red canarian sauce
"Papas arrugadas con mojo" and "camarones", some boild crabs
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3931_zps4308db67.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3932_zpsc870a8a7.jpg

After our meal everybody of us held a short rest and strunki used this time to test some different optical system on the cam
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3953_zps8d751559.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3954_zpsf66d3ba4.jpg

So, let´s go to the beach now
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3951_zps4131f4ff.jpg

And here we are live reporting from the canarian plushie boat regatta 2014 :cyclops:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3998_zpsc916aeb2.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3999_zps9b40bac1.jpg
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http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3972_zpsc45deb97.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3973_zps576f8e9f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3974_zps0b720a26.jpg
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http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3976_zps78da2827.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3977_zps7d584d8b.jpg
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http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3989_zps06d88094.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3990_zps32c20d8f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3991_zps3fcca1c0.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3992_zpsf48943f4.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3993_zpsbc0016af.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3994_zpsfe79ab82.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3995_zpsd5cda15f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3996_zpsc7af6703.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN3997_zpsb403fa3a.jpg

Next discipline was to test our surf board
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN4022_zpsf0567a4b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN4023_zps3b58d63a.jpg
...I´m not quite sure what Helmut likes at this surfing... Glad that I didn´t fall into the water like poor old störte did...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN4032_zpsf51425be.jpg

But at the end we all had great fun at the beach here :D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN4025_zpsbbd48d34.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN4033_zps2dd8c860.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/07-02-14%20Puertito%20Guimar/DSCN4034_zpsea650a87.jpg

That´s all for today, love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 8, 2014, 8:28 pm
Holá World,

today in the morning we visited San Cristóbal de La Laguna, a very old town with a long history.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4062_zpsc567aad0.jpg

Here we see the "Leal Theatre"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4050_zpsa5af839c.jpg

La Laguna has a lot of historic buildings, but the streets in the pedestrian zone are quite narrow and photos with us plushies are not so easy :rolleyes:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4045_zps9279c733.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4076_zpsedbac123.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4082_zps171d143a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4091_zps0d574550.jpg
Here we come to the "Iglesia Cathedral" or "Iglesia Santa María de los Remedios"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4092_zps95bc7f80.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4040_zps1acb9b08.jpg
And here are some last impressions of the town
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4069_zpsffa47927.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4056_zpsa92fde6b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4057_zpsac02ddc2.jpg

But the weather was too fine for wasting the complete day in town and so we decided to drive into the mountains of Anaga
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4063_zps4bb357fd.jpg


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 8, 2014, 9:20 pm

we left La Laguna and made a short stop at Las Mercedes to have a first impression of the Mountain range of Anaga in the in the very north-east of the island
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4101_zpsbc72cc3e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4102_zpsd144f4f3.jpg

Our next stop we had at a point called "La Jardinera" (the garden)
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4108_zps68e97811.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4109_zps8552896b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4114_zps2f49ed99.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4122_zps11597caf.jpg

Look, now we are more than 900m high
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4123_zpsfd3a7800.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4138_zps9a5f001c.jpg
The view from here at "Cruz del Carmen" is almost similar, but not even less stunningly beautiful
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4124_zps2971318c.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4129_zps5b552060.jpg

The last stop we made at the "Mirador Pico del Ingles"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4150_zpsd6e03f91.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4143_zpsa7a898fd.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4149_zps33831696.jpg
Only from this point You have the chance to see left on Santa Cruz in the south
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4159_zps489a7f7f.jpg
and right the complete northern coast
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4160_zps710bb670.jpg

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 8, 2014, 10:19 pm

After so much mountains we decided to spent the afternoon at the wild coast of Bajamar enjoying the warm sun
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4162_zps6b200a1a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4167_zpsf30869cb.jpg

Everybody of us has fun at the coast here :cyclops:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4172_zps38b8fbab.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4184_zpsfb294c25.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/08-02-14%20Laguna-Anaga/DSCN4187_zpse6231d4f.jpg

That was also a full day
Love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte



Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 9, 2014, 9:55 pm
Holá World,

today we made a big trip to the Northern West Mountains called "Teno"
But first we visited Mirador "El Lance" in Realejos, from wich You have a wonderful view onto the the Valley of Orotava from the North-West.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4197_zps515e8cc8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4198_zpse4c0f193.jpg
... And I highly recommended the Mirador as unmissable especially for us girls, hihi :cyclops:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4206_zps7b932b5a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4200_zps402f2d7b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4201_zpsc84a9b5f.jpg

Then we came to the entrance of the Teno-Mountains
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4207_zps6e97a0a3.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4208_zps725fb1a3.jpg
and are estimated about 900m over Sea-Level
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4217_zps43b11ff4.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4218_zps9ebf75a4.jpg
Even in this altitude Oranges grow here
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4224_zpsd09678a1.jpg
But have You ever seen a sunflower blooming in February??
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4223_zps20a5b565.jpg

Our next stop we held in Santiago del Teide
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4320_zps1a05f3ee.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4321_zpsb4763bdd.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4326_zps5dbcdc86.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4331_zpsaf2e89e6.jpg

From there we made a short trip to the direction to Masca, but on the saddle on est. 1.100 m it was too windy and the narrow street was too full, so we turned around and drove further to the south coast
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4337_zps367879a9.jpg
But again we had free sight on the great looking Mount Teide
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4342_zps1a0ee227.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4347_zps6204c01f.jpg

On our way to Puerto de Santiago we found a valley where the almond trees were blooming just at this time from end of January until estimated end of February
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4250_zps1b442b8a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4241_zps9b3e4b5e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4229_zpsd079199f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4239_zpsee65f470.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4240_zps8534d3be.jpg
A wonderful landscape
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4259_zps30541981.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4260_zps6e4573db.jpg
with nice flowers like the common asphodel [Asphodelus aestivus]
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4269_zpsf875e588.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4270_zps0567ed78.jpg

The next attraction of today were the cliffs of Los Gigantes
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4280_zpsb26f2f77.jpg
and the view on the neighbour island La Gomera
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4281_zps1b7cfb0f.jpg
The table promised that You sometimes can watch whales there
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4286_zps603007f4.jpg
But what we found in the harbour of Puerto de Santiago let störtes heart beaten higher :D A pirate ship
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4291_zpsf3eeac99.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4296_zpsf24a8066.jpg
What a pity that time was too short to sail with this nice ship :(

Before we went back to our hotel, we had the chance to see the famous dragon tree of Icod de los Vinos
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4359_zpsb032e2c3.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/09-02-14%20Teno/DSCN4360_zps64bd5eb6.jpg

What a full day this was
love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte






Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 10, 2014, 10:01 pm
Holá World,

today we made only a short trip and visited the Taoro Park in Puerto de la Cruz.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3796_zps07d2e4a9.jpg
A few years ago they renovated this park and now a lot of citizens use it in the afternoon to go jogging
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3791_zpsb9a1b634.jpg
A lot of different palms we found here
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3806_zpsf422ff31.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3832_zps0ed76b10.jpg
And also nice flowers
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3837_zps38f654dd.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3842_zpsfc864e75.jpg
Some lizards between the vulcanic stones
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3843_zpsb6a83876.jpg
White strelitzia nicolai with flowers
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3816_zpse2690cc1.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3817_zps7027276d.jpg
And violet lavender
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3822_zpsa2ec72a2.jpg
A very lovely place to spend some quiet hours :D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3853_zps19f05c0f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3880_zps9e0e74bd.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3885_zps4f872766.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/06-02-14%20Puerto%20Cruz/DSCN3891_zps6bd2467b.jpg

That´s for today,
love and see You soon
Yours Lotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 11, 2014, 8:34 pm
Holá World,

today we spent a wonderful sunny day at the beach of San Marcos. This is a village near by Icod de los Vinos.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4520_zps0ac59f87.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4525_zps8ecd21bd.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4532_zpscf302a95.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4537_zps636f34d7.jpg

But before I was able to lay in the sun, *Nick* had to put on some lotion on me and I did the same for my friends:D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4545_zps70910275.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4544_zps0d9d85ae.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4541_zpsada05542.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4542_zpsee1340b4.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4543_zps854d93e0.jpg

See us enjoying the wonderful canarian sun the whole day :cyclops:
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4539_zps3c583108.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4540_zps8c68abeb.jpg

But at 6 o´clock we left the beach when the sun went down behind the cliffs
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/11-02-14%20San%20Marcos/DSCN4551_zps4d18e4b3.jpg
And the best: Nobody of us got a sunburn :cyclops:

That´s for today, love and see You soon, World
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 12, 2014, 10:14 pm
Holá World,

today I want to show You our nice "home-beach" called "Playa Jardin" here in Puerto de la Cruz
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4556_zps2f18cab9.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4561_zpsc073df24.jpg
Before we come to the black lava beach, we make a small trip through the nice looking garden part
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4570_zps73fbce66.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4571_zpsc36dff99.jpg
All sorts of tropical green plants we find here
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4576_zpsd3774eb8.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4581_zps86ce431d.jpg
Will we reach the beach soon?
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4586_zps90f5f279.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4591_zps45fdbe5f.jpg
Yeah, must be coming nearer
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4596_zps93e2e3bf.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4607_zps6aec015e.jpg
I hear the sea all the time and finally now I can see the first black sand
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4601_zps5a85abde.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4612_zps349b795d.jpg
Yes! Here we want to stay for this day, playing and sailing and laying in the warm sun :D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4602_zps81947cc9.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4617_zpsb18437de.jpg
Sailing?? Did I say something about sailing?
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4620_zpsa801e000.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4619_zps884bd4a3.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4618_zps1ea7f401.jpg
Wooow, strunkis husband handcrafted a very handsome sailingboat only for us plushies :cyclops:
See me sailing with gallant störte
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4649_zps466fa23b.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4650_zps510cc59f.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4651_zps8ffe7055.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4652_zpsb6a41fcf.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4653_zpsd99563ba.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4654_zps2ce9f62a.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4655_zpsed972f4f.jpg
Here we landed at unknown shores...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4656_zpsad2eb5ed.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4659_zps01d67a3f.jpg

störte estimates, that here is the place, where the treasure perhaps is buried...
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4661_zps824f97ec.jpg

No treasure hunting without a shovel :o
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4663_zpsbf725a4f.jpg
Digging
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4664_zpsfb2c326f.jpg
Digging deeper
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4665_zps4e0bc2be.jpg
Suddenly.. a red cloth in the sandhole
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4668_zpse0ecc317.jpg
Good ol störte needs our help to pull
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4669_zpsb501d763.jpg
Ooooouuups
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4670_zpse57a847c.jpg

The hoard is yielded!!!
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4671_zpsa1863da2.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4672_zps7535bd72.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4673_zps592000b4.jpg

What will be in the treasure chest??
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4675_zpse2777acb.jpg

YES, STRIKE!!!! Pearls, Diamonds and all the classic treasure stuff :D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4677_zps7136e32d.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4679_zps02bf1c5f.jpg

Who is that??
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4685_zpsf21d7146.jpg
"Hello, I am Ali Gator and You set me free when You found the treasure I was captivated in"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4686_zps87a474e1.jpg

"Welcome, Ali Gator, we are ToyVoyager-Plushies, would You accompany störte and us from now on?"
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4681_zps6a2cb700.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4691_zpse3fd1d1e.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4693_zps220a1896.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4694_zps20686cd3.jpg

Our hottest holiday adventure :D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/12-02-14%20Playa%20Jardin/DSCN4695_zps6a9ad206.jpg

Love and see You soon
Yours Lotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 13, 2014, 11:55 pm
Holá World,

today is our last full day here on Tenerife and because the weather was still fine enough, we drove to Playa las Teresitas , wich is the only white sandbeach on Tenerife. Usually all the beaches here are black because of the lavasand, but here the people carried fine white sand from the Sahara and wanted to have a white beach.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-02-14%20Teresitas-Party/DSCN1021_zps184a18e9.jpg
Unfortnatuly strunkis cam didn´t make one single picture today and so we only have this one photo of us plushies made by strunkis husband :(

We all are very sad about this, because we had a lot of fun here, even with the boats, but now we are not able to show You all the fun we had.

So sorry
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 15, 2014, 7:44 pm
Holá World,

so this is our very last day here on Tenerife and we decided to celebrate a little farewell-party and enjoying the sundown
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-02-14%20Teresitas-Party/DSCN3897_zps82dee2ac.jpg
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And we remembered, laughed and had fun when we talked about our adentures on this lovely island
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http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-02-14%20Teresitas-Party/DSCN3905_zps812277f5.jpg

Goodbye Tenerife amabile
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And even the moon waved a goodbye to us
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-02-14%20Teresitas-Party/DSCN1069_zpsc4008098.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/13-02-14%20Teresitas-Party/DSCN1070_zps9e72e318.jpg

Love and see You
Yours
Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 16, 2014, 9:18 pm
Hello World,

we are back in Germany and visited the greenhouses of the Botanical Garden Solingen , because today they are open for a few hours
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-02-14%20BG%20SG/DSCN4846_zps788f64f4.jpg

Let´s start at the tropical greenhouse with lots of plants we saw only a few days ago outside on Tenerife
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-02-14%20BG%20SG/DSCN4859_zps89af7435.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-02-14%20BG%20SG/DSCN4860_zpsf3ab75e0.jpg
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-02-14%20BG%20SG/DSCN4861_zps2888b30a.jpg
Strelizia
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-02-14%20BG%20SG/DSCN4902_zpsf2a49138.jpg
and Bananaplants
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-02-14%20BG%20SG/DSCN4897_zpse51d3a0d.jpg
Some nice orchids You find there
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http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-02-14%20BG%20SG/DSCN4882_zpsaabfe7c1.jpg
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Here we are in the succulent-hall and see many cacti
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And here we have a short look into the hall of bromeliads
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-02-14%20BG%20SG/DSCN4887_zps2bce3aa1.jpg

Worth to see this small greenhouses and a nice memory to what we enjoyed a few days ago
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-02-14%20BG%20SG/DSCN4903_zps3809960a.jpg

And even outside we found some very early flowers: small crocuses :D
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/16-02-14%20BG%20SG/DSCN4906_zps81a8bf60.jpg

That was our sunday-tour
Love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 17, 2014, 10:25 pm
Hello World,

today UrselHH and me will leave home for travelling to RikeH
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-02-14%20Abschied%20Ursel-Hase-Lotte/DSCN4916_zps602149f6.jpg
and Hase will travel home to Dr. Kröbner
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-02-14%20Abschied%20Ursel-Hase-Lotte/DSCN4915_zpscc629956.jpg

Hase, my dear, I will miss You as well
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-02-14%20Abschied%20Ursel-Hase-Lotte/DSCN4920_zps236d99e0.jpg

störte, what great adventures we had together
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-02-14%20Abschied%20Ursel-Hase-Lotte/DSCN4921_zps59460198.jpg

*Nick*, I will give Your best regards to Helmut, when I see him in Sülfeld
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-02-14%20Abschied%20Ursel-Hase-Lotte/DSCN4922_zps2ad0725d.jpg

Goodbye You ToyVoyagers, see the World and enjoy Your adventures, we will see us again, someday, somtime
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/Achims/17-02-14%20Abschied%20Ursel-Hase-Lotte/DSCN4923_zps39f6a250.jpg

Love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte

RikeH


Posted Feb 20, 2014, 8:22 pm
Hello Mum,

UrselHH and I arrived in Sülfeld. Dicker Kumpel gave us a warm welcome.

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And I met Helmut – it was wonderful!

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Kleine Fee and Mefito came, too. What a wonderful welcome!

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Then we said hello to his other guests.

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Dicker Kumpel got delicious banana liqueur.

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And Kleine Fee got some sweets from our holiday.

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We brought some chocolate and other interesting things with us.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/Jan_0610.jpg

Today we took a trip to Hamburg together. We went to the part of the Port called Speicherstadt. Many nice buildings are there.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/Jan_0611.jpg

Can you see us?

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Here we are – Helmut and me – and Dicker Kumpel and Kleine Fee.

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We saw two different anchors.

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Behind us you can see the maritime museum.

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We continued our walk - other beautiful old buildings.

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This place is called Nikolai-Fleet.

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What a wonderful day in Hamburg.

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Yours
Charlotte
RikeH


Posted Feb 25, 2014, 2:47 pm
Hello Mum,

Many greetings from the Cruise Ship AIDA Sol. We celebrated the start of our trip with delicious Champagne.

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Our first stop was Barcelona. Here you see the column of Columbus.

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We stopped in the Gothic Part of the city – and saw the beautiful cathedral.

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There was a little garden next to the cathedral and I loved the beautiful palm tree.

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This is the placa del Rei.

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We continued our trip on a bus. It was sunny – but we had a cold wind on the upper deck.

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Our next stop was the big church Sagrada Familia. They still build it – it is a great building – we didn’t go into it, because there was a long waiting time to enter.

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Here you see me in the wonderful Park Güell. It was constructed by the artist Gaudi, who planned the Sagrada Familia, too.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0032.jpg

There were nice monnuments with animals.

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The most famous one is this dragon.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0039.jpg

There is a long bench – we sat on it and enjoyed the sunshine.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0041.jpg

No idea, why Gaudi constructed this funny way, but we liked it.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0043.jpg

It was a great day in Barcelona.

Love
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Feb 26, 2014, 9:17 am
Hello Mum,

Today we went to a city called Valencia. We had wonderful sunshine.

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This is the Basilica on the Plaza de la Virgen.

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Next to it was the Cathedral.

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Behind me you see the Cathedral from the other side.

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Then we started our trip on a Segway.

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We went to a place with great buildings – this is the opera house.

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It looks like a shark from this place.

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Another nice building.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0076.jpg

Later we stopped in the beautiful market hall.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0080.jpg

Valencia has a lot of interesting buildings – these are the older ones.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0086.jpg

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0087.jpg

Bye
Charlotte
RikeH


Posted Feb 28, 2014, 10:27 am
Hello Mum,

We started our day on our balcony.

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It was enough place for all of us and we talked a lot.

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This is the view to the front of the ship – yes we are living in the front of the ship – just over the bridge.

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There you can see the front of the ship.

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On a cruise ship you spend a lot of time with eating – so it was time for some sports. We have a Power Plate in our cabin. First RikeH explained us how it works.

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Then it started to shake…

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0108.jpg

…and we had to train our arms.

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After that it was time to relax in the living-room.

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This is the place where I write my updates.

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And here I am sleeping – in the morning I can see the sea out of my bed – this is great!

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0122.jpg

Love
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Feb 28, 2014, 7:47 pm
Hello Mum,

We are in Africa and went to a small city called Asilah. Behind me you see a religious building.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0151.jpg

This was another tower…

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… next to a nice place.

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Next to the city there is a long beach – many children played soccer there.

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This is the door to a palace, but we were not allowed to visit it.

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Later we had this nice view over the city – but it was very windy.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0171.jpg

My last photo shows a big wall – there were many of them here in Asilah.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0177.jpg

Love
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Mar 1, 2014, 10:32 am
Hello Mum,

Back in Spain we were in Cadiz. This is the Plaza de Espana with a wonderful monument.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0182.jpg

We walked around the city and had nice views over the sea and the promenade.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0186.jpg

There was a very tall tree in one of the parks.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0189.jpg

Cadiz has so many beautiful churches, this is one of it.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0192.jpg

Another nice part of the promenade.

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We went through the beautiful Parque Genoves.

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Look, the gran teatro.

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There were funny faces on the container for old bottles.

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Another nice church.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0213.jpg

And this is the new Cathedral of Cadiz.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0219.jpg

My last stop was on the Plaza de San Juan de Dios.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0224.jpg

I had a very relaxing day in Cadiz.

Yours
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Mar 3, 2014, 9:16 am
Hello Mum,

We went to Lissabon today. It was noon when we saw the city.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0254.jpg

I saw the tower of Belem and the famous monument.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0271.jpg

There was a big bridge over the Rio Tejo.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0283.jpg

Later we walked through Lissabon. I loved this big arch.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0293.jpg

The big place in front of it was nice, too.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0298.jpg

On the place there was a big monument.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0299.jpg

We walked to another place with a beautiful fountain…

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0305.jpg

… and a big monument. I loved the waves on the ground here.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0310.jpg

There was a nice old elevator.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0313.jpg

We couldn’t use the elevator, because we wanted to go to another part of the city. Next to a small church we found a lookout and saw our ship.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0317.jpg

There was a big monastery far away.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0321.jpg

Bye
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Mar 3, 2014, 7:54 pm
Hello Mum,

Today was an exciting day – we had a TV-meeting.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0326.jpg

It was great to sit together and talk!

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0327.jpg

Poschti came on the Cruise with us so we had a welcome party this evening.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0356.jpg

We had chocolate and fruits.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0357.jpg

And I had my own bottle of Coke.

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Then we all took one piece of fruit and one piece of chocolate.

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http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0376.jpg

It was a nice party, but then we were tired and went into our TV-bed.

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http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0381.jpg

Good night, Mum!
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Mar 11, 2014, 11:43 am
Hello Mum,

After a bumpy trip from Lissabon we arrived in La Coruna.  Because of the stormy weather we will stay two days here. Today we took a walk. Behind me you can see the harbor.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0403.jpg

There were many small fisherboats.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0414.jpg

From this point we had a good view of our Cruise Ship – it is really tall, isn’t it?

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0418.jpg

There was a fortress – nowadays it is a museum.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0424.jpg

We saw big waves – maybe it is a good idea to stay a little longer in this town?

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Believe it or not – only some steps from the water I found this sunny place with the beautiful flowers.

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These houses with the balconies with glass in front of it are typical for La Coruna.

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This is the town hall – really nice.   

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0454.jpg

Back on the ship I stood on the balcony – can you see the fortress behind me – there we went.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0461.jpg

And I want to show you this – every evening we got these chocolates – a Cruise is wonderful.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0468.jpg

Yours
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Mar 16, 2014, 12:13 pm
Hello Mum,

I told you about the bumpy trip to la Coruna. We took some photos of it, but I forgot to update it.
So here can you see me and my friends looking out of the window. Here you can see nothing from the rough sea…

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http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0336.jpg

But now you can see more – the waves!

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http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0338.jpg

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0339.jpg

I went onto the balcony and saw the waves on the side of the ship.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0343.jpg

Today the weather was much nicer!

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0350.jpg

Later I went onto the pool-deck.

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There was a big  screen on the deck!

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0127.jpg

Here you can see the name of the cruise line.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/AIDA_0143.jpg

Love
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Mar 17, 2014, 8:40 pm
Bonjour Mum,

It was time for a new country – this time we were in France. We arrived in Le Havre.

The architect here loved concrete - you see it everywhere.

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We wanted to see a nicer town and went to Honfleur. There was a beautiful harbor!

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We went into a big wooden church.

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Here you can see the tower of it.

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There were many old buildings in the town.

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Later we continued our trip and went to Deauville. This is the promenade next to the beach. The clothing rooms are named after famous movie stars.

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We walked along the beach – it was wonderful!

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There were funny houses in the city.

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Au revoir
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Mar 21, 2014, 9:20 pm
Hello Mum,

Today was our last day on the AIDA Sol. I walked over the sun deck again – very sunny!

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This is the theatre inside the ship.

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This is one of many bars on the ship.

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Hopefully the weather will be nice tomorrow, because we want to have nice views when we arrive in Hamburg.

Love
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Mar 22, 2014, 8:58 am
Hello world,

You remember this terrible 13th in February, when strunki thought, she had extinguished all our nice pictures made at the Beach of Playa las Teresitas?  :(

Now Helmut found exactly this files deep in his camera space and so we are able to show You our fun there today :D
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First we thought of a second visit of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, but the weather was too cloudy and so we decided to drive a few miles more spending the day at the one and only white beach on Tenerife
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See my footprints in the sand
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So what funny things can we start next?
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Shall we sail with our boats again?
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See us racing against the other Team
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UrselHH "organized" the paddles from the boat of our competitors and joined our crew
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störte and Hase tried to win with hoisting their sail
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After the boat race we had fun by doing sanddiving
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Finally, everybody dived into the sand
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In the evening we celebrated one of the hottest plushie partys Tenerife ever has seen (and survived) :cyclops:
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We had a great time here B)
Yours
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Mar 22, 2014, 2:08 pm
Hello Mum,

Great news Mum, we had lovely weather when we arrived in Hamburg. It was so great to arrive in the port on the Elbe river.

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Will I see a nice sunrise?

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Yes, there it was!

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Far behind me you see a big bridge.

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Hamburg is a really beautiful city!

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There were two theater for musicals – the left one is not open yet.

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We spent our last hours on the ship relaxing on our balcony.

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It was a really wonderful cruise. We should do one together soon, Mum.

Love
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Mar 31, 2014, 10:35 am
Hello Mum,

Back in Germany we had lovely weather, so today it was time for a walk.

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The nature starts now – because it is springtime.

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It was nice to sit in the sunshine with my friends.

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Soon there will be some swans on the lake.

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We came along another beautiful small lake.

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This is Dicker Kumpel’s famous tree. We all have to take photos with it every time we see it.

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Back home we saw the German flag.

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This stone stood in front of Dicker Kumpel’s house.

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Look, the first flowers arrived!

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Yours
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Apr 2, 2014, 8:23 pm
Hi Mum,

We went to a small town called Bad Oldesloe. This is the biggest church here.

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I went into it – there were colorful windows.

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I met two wooden men.

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There was a big organ. Sadly nobody was there to play it.

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Then I came to a nice water wheel.

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I learnt a lot about it on this sign.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/Maerz_0101.jpg

Yours
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Apr 5, 2014, 3:49 pm
Hello Mum,

The weather was great today, so we played in the garden. Dicker Kumpel is a great gardener and I want to show you some of his flowers.

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I loved this forest of yellow flowers!

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These flowers were so nice, too.

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Blue flowers are great, too.

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/RikeH_2009/2014/Maerz_0131.jpg

Springtime is one of the best time of the year!

Love
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Apr 15, 2014, 6:48 pm
Hello Mum,

It was time for some sports – and we decided to play billiards.

Dicker Kumpel explained the rules.

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He showed us how to play.

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Then it was my time.

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It was so much fun!

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Surely I won with 8:3.

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Then I explored the room. A horse lived here in the Past, I guess.

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Then had a long call with my Helmut, it was great to talk with him!

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Love
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Apr 21, 2014, 4:01 pm
Hello Mum,

Dicker Kumpel received a game from his friend Murph – and today we wanted to play it.

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There were some chocolate bars with photos of wild animals on it. Well – a nice game – looking at photos.

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But it was not that easy. They were turned on the wrong side and you can turn two. If they were the same photos you won the chocolate, if not you turn it again – and search new pairs, when it’s your turn. First I found two different animals.

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It really was not an easy game.

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The animals look equal, but wasn’t the same species.

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Finally I found two warthogs.

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When we finished the game I was really good with one pair – hopefully you are proud of me, Mum!

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Dicker Kumpel who won the most pairs shared two pieces of chocolate with us.

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It was yummy, Mum!

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Love
Charlotte
RikeH


Posted Apr 22, 2014, 3:53 pm
Hello Mum,

Happy Easter! Today it is the Day of the Bunnies! We all sat in the sunshine and waited for RikeH.

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She arrived and told us that the Easter Bunny has been here – and we could start searching for some sweets!

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I found some chocolate!

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Then we went to another part of the garden – here we should have a race for eggs.

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We all were ready to run!

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Look – I had a great third place!

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Later we found this great plant – chocolate lollies are growing in it!

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A great place – and we wanted to send Birthday wishes to a very special friend! Happy Birthday my big love Helmutbluepant!

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This was the first part of Easter – tomorrow we will meet the Eater Bunny!

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Love
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Apr 23, 2014, 8:18 pm
Hello Mum,

Today was an exciting day, too. We went to visit Dicker Kumpel’s grandma. Many bunnies were living there.

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I would love to send you these beautiful flowers!

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And I met these chicken – I think they worked hard for Easter.

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Maybe these were the children of the chicken?

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Then I met the Easter Bunny. This was so great – it was very nice and friendly.

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When we came back to Dicker Kumpel’s home we went into the garden and saw two beautiful trees.

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Love
Lotte
RikeH


Posted Apr 27, 2014, 1:01 pm
Hello Mum,

I had a great time here in Sülfeld, but I think it is time to come home again.

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The others gave me a big hug.

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Travelling alone is boring, so I invited one of these nice TVs to come with me. It will be a surprise for you, who comes with me!

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It was hard to say goodbye to Dicker Kumpel and Kleine Fee. But they give me two gifts. One for me – I am allowed to open it at home – and one for Helmut’s birthday.

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Until soon
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Apr 28, 2014, 9:44 pm
Hello world,

after a too long and very furious journey NiliHH and me came home to Remscheid
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Lucky Lion gave us a warm welcome and we like each other from the first moment
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then we showed my souvenirs (öhöhö), the nice doggie postcard (looks like a twin of Lucky) and the chocolate we were not able to eat during our journey
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After this great welcome we altogether chilled in the poppy blossom
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This was my day, love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Apr 29, 2014, 11:04 am
Hello world,

today we met SunnyHH and Zhia in the garden, olgamaus and her guests visited us

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It was a big event for NiliHH, because SunnyHH is her brother, both have their home by RikeH at Sülfeld
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-04-14%20Lucky%20Garten-Lotte-NiliHH%20Ankunft/27-04-14%20Treffen%20mit%20SunnyHH/DSCN6386_zpsbaf942b9.jpg

We all love familiy and TV-Meetings very much :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-04-14%20Lucky%20Garten-Lotte-NiliHH%20Ankunft/27-04-14%20Treffen%20mit%20SunnyHH/DSCN6385_zps1bc16b13.jpg


This was my day, love and see You soon

Yours

Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted May 7, 2014, 1:20 pm
Hello world,

today we drove to a part of Cologne called Dellbrück
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6392_zpse3062f98.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6396_zpse8b1c38a.jpg

There is an old agricultural court Thurner Hof, where a swap meet for plants was held
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6431_zps583ef2c5.jpg

This is the backside view of the garden with the nice old half timbered house that will be renovated actually
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6399_zpse25bcdab.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6402_zps6a3cb4df.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6405_zpsbf57c6a2.jpg

Look at the wonderful and colourful flowers in the garden. Some parts are really wild, but show a lot of biodiversity
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6408_zps6c4ac1df.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6411_zps9d6bf78d.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6413_zpsed2702b6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6416_zps8ce5a4c2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6419_zps31df864b.jpg
I like this night-flowering catchfly very much
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6422_zps2f2fef86.jpg

Even a pond we found here with lots of water-lilies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6425_zpsa1943088.jpg

What a friendly and peaceful place here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/04-05-14%20Dellbrueck/DSCN6428_zps12c268e3.jpg


This was my day, love and see You soon

Yours

Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted May 14, 2014, 3:12 pm
Hello world,

today we visited a nice old park in Wuppertal, it´s called the Bamer Anlagen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6479_zps9e11ed3d.jpg

It´s situated in a little part of a valley and the differences in altitude are very impressive
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6458_zps02d1722b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6463_zps6bffee51.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6493_zpsdeec7940.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6485_zps567b7a12.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6473_zps0f27673d.jpg

Some very old trees we found here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6478_zps8e6a789c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6470_zps38d52b79.jpg

In the park we saw nice sculptures of every-day-people
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6466_zpsa3e293cc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6467_zps68929bed.jpg
This woman I liked most, she was so friendly and peaceful
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6490_zps07093efe.jpg

Here we found a Memorial of the old rack railway Barmen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/06-05-14%20Barmer%20Anlagen/DSCN6482_zpse64124f3.jpg
It was the first railway of this kind in Germany


This was my day, love and see You soon

Yours

Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted May 19, 2014, 1:03 pm
Hello world,

today we visited the small but fine Botanical garden of Solingen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6496_zpsb2aa4fc3.jpg
Here at the map we had a first orientation
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6499_zps05a481b4.jpg

We were welcomed by this friendly angel
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6504_zps78f247df.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6505_zps448698e9.jpg
An everlasting copper rose

Here are a few first impressions of the park, it´s nice to see all the flowers
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6508_zps4c242275.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6511_zps730d9a1a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6577_zps76ba42cf.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6582_zps0edc5358.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6583_zps1241c4d8.jpg

What a huge Butterfly... :o
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6514_zps227866b9.jpg

And see me together with the reading owl
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6519_zps6c7fbfe2.jpg

Flowers everywhere at springtime
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6586_zpsa3ee72ac.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6590_zps5d0df351.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6593_zpsff13bcf4.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6596_zps6ddd05ac.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6599_zps6f560066.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6602_zpsaf74fadc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6605_zps4ba05a35.jpg

Let´s now have a look into the greenhouses
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6523_zpsa35e48a7.jpg
This is the main house
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6526_zps0235459a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6529_zpsf5011897.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6532_zps06e97221.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6535_zpsa172bf10.jpg

Here we admire the plants in the house of the bromelias
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6546_zps56b94452.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6564_zps3c26a89a.jpg
and found fruits: pineapple and bananas :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6549_zps1fc70e54.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6552_zps1cc7f9de.jpg
orchids
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6555_zps94894050.jpg
agaphantus
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6561_zpsaf098c0f.jpg
and even... bromelia
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6558_zps6871a098.jpg

This is the succulents warm house with lots of cacti
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6567_zpsaf32c70e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6568_zps90b478f1.jpg

Actually there was a Show of Bonsai trees
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6541_zps0cb73e87.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6543_zpsde922a81.jpg

Again Outside I played in this huge fig tree
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6574_zps4e321831.jpg

And we had a Little chilling lesson in the sunclock
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6587_zps0dac09ca.jpg

Before we left the park, we studied the table of donators for the Botanical garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/11-05-14%20Bot-Garten%20SG%20Lucky%20Nili%20Lotte/DSCN6608_zps79cf62ee.jpg

This was my day, love and see You soon

Yours

Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted May 27, 2014, 2:37 pm
Hello world,

today we drove to Herdecke, that´s a nice small town at the river Ruhr. Here we visited a small but fine garden fair on the area at a local warm house Producer named Krieger
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6614_zps1a1965a9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6670_zpsc7c1eb61.jpg

Stalls with plants and flowers are everywhere here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6617_zpsdbbbdf0c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6663_zps60b184dc.jpg

Let´s have a closer look to this here with the peonys
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6623_zpsb29ab63f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6626_zps43789590.jpg

Lots of roses are blooming yet
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6629_zpsb24f93eb.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6641_zps497cdda0.jpg


Let´s have a look inside a middlesized warmhouse
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6642_zps671089fb.jpg

Grapewine and tomatoes are growing faster inside here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6645_zps87ab6631.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6648_zps614da092.jpg

Again outside, we admired the wonderful blue blossom of the agapanthus
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6652_zpsace8b95c.jpg
and another blue nice bellflower
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6655_zps0bccf418.jpg
Clematis
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6620_zps1a052430.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6658_zpsf882f1ca.jpg

See me sitting under the fig tree
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6638_zps1d85ebcf.jpg

this could be Saxifraga
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6635_zps23aef0c7.jpg

Here we rest in front of a huge and nice yellow euphorbium
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6630_zps54c87ff8.jpg

Later we found bananas and again tomatoes
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6664_zps8ec32720.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6667_zpsd4b34938.jpg

Some Orchids inside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6660_zps22ba1210.jpg
and cacti outside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6687_zpsb95c8780.jpg

Finally we had a lot of fun with the friendly Bonsai-Club from Hagen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6673_zps7467c1f8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6674_zps1bd0b90e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6675_zps5cc70931.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6680_zps5a44c20a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6681_zpse344f9d0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6684_zps6c2aba7f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-05-14%20Herdecke/DSCN6659_zpsa7db7dba.jpg

This was my day, love and see You soon

Yours

Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted May 28, 2014, 3:50 pm
Hello world,

today I showed our guests Helmuts private warm houses with some nice blossoms of epicacti and other plants wich are blooming at the Moment
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6711_zpse84cfdbc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6717_zps769d6072.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6718_zps2bcbb0aa.jpg

Now it´s the high time for these nice succulents
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6706_zps23f9f66e.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6729_zps63364838.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6732_zps11d84ff7.jpg

Look at this huge orange blossom, only made for a few days
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6742_zps3ee90121.jpg

This huge red one is also very nice
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6745_zps304212ee.jpg

My favourite is the pink one
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6735_zps9bee5aee.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6739_zps6ff82922.jpg

These flowers are faded, but sometimes the´ll get some nice fruits, the Pitaya, or Dragon fruit is a really near relative of these plants
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6721_zpsa21949d9.jpg

Outside even the strelitzia has one blossom, two will follow in a few weeks
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6724_zpsf2ebccb0.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6726_zpsd3d9612a.jpg

But the main reason I´m here in the evening is Helmuts famous flower "Queen of the night" (Selenicereus grandiflorus) that will open it´s blossom only for a few hours at one single night of the year
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6693_zpsb1c0f5db.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6701_zps6a168b0d.jpg
Amazing, isn´t it?


This was my day, love and see You soon

Yours

Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 2, 2014, 10:01 pm
Hello world,

today we made a short trip through my home-town Remscheid
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6751_zpsb861dcb8.jpg

This is the town-hall, a very impressive building of the early 20th century
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6754_zps9ee61043.jpg
The tower is 58 m high and one of the landmarks of Remscheids skyline
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6757_zpsd1a19050.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6762_zps9155517c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6763_zpsc5f9b5c8.jpg
On the right hand You see the [url=Lion of Berg]http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergischer_L%C3%B6we[/url]

...Only to compare: The new so called "Ämterhaus", but lot of citizens here think, that it is only a memorial-building for one of our last mayors...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6748_zpsf1e31f42.jpg
...very modern for a historic town...

Here I am in front of the Allee-Center, a middle-sized shopping mall
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6766_zpsed71e8fd.jpg
very lightful inside because of the huge glass-roofs
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6774_zpsee4ba020.jpg
at the moment there´s an exhibition of colourful lions, painted by clubs, private people or some companies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6767_zpse6ed3166.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6768_zps2b5c23b5.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6771_zpsf083ddd3.jpg
also outside I saw such a lion
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6777_zps9b4da577.jpg

This is the Allee-Strasse, the main pedestrian zone
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6780_zps6c373222.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6786_zpsa93a4633.jpg

And here we are at the market, downhill from the upper centre coming You see the nice town-church
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6791_zps1d8b34d6.jpg
this is the view back to the upper part of the pedestrian zone
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6795_zpsc9e3f1cf.jpg

At this place we found a nice colourful spring
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6798_zps8cb1adb7.jpg
here our little tour ended and we recreated at the spring for a while
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/DSCN6792_zps0af8681c.jpg

This was my day, love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 6, 2014, 3:29 pm
Hello world,
today we visited the outdoor-museum Lindlar
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6801_zpsfd74e6d4.jpg
There was a huge market for plants, flowers, spices and other nice things on this sunday
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6804_zps6db93e36.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6820_zpsc0f95daa.jpg

Let´s have a short look inside one of this half timbered houses wich are very typical for the Bergisch Land
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6805_zps9715c844.jpg
The kitchen
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6808_zpsd34de74e.jpg
The living-room, mostly only used on sundays or for celebrations, a so called "state parlour"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6811_zpsaff1e238.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6812_zps7d734356.jpg
The bed-room
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6815_zps0c327a7e.jpg
The "toilet" was a chair with a hole and a chamber-pot
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6816_zps61db7808.jpg
I have to admit that especially this house is very rich decorated and fullstaffed, not every building was as noble as this here... Most half timbered houses are much more smaller, narrow and even poorer in furniture and tapistery...

See me in front of other rural buildings here at Lindlar
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6838_zps181f6818.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6841_zpsf18fd4cb.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6844_zpsea3204f8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6847_zps73353175.jpg

In another building was an exibithion of old electrical stuff
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6856_zps6c45b727.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6859_zps00f15de4.jpg

And we saw a lot of farm animals
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6819_zps7233bcfe.jpg
a cow with her calf
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6823_zps37b6841d.jpg
some goats
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6826_zps411eb1f2.jpg
funny piglets, relatives of Helmut, I think
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6850_zps1f90e4e9.jpg
and even heavy horses pulling a plough
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6853_zps5abed13b.jpg

An example of a small farm-garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6835_zps1961c69d.jpg

Here we rested a while and drank some "Fassbrause"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6829_zps1f2f487c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-05-14%20Epis/24-05-14%20RS/25-05-14%20Lindlar/DSCN6832_zps027ddb86.jpg

This was my day, love and see You soon
Yours
Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 6, 2014, 8:40 pm
Hello world,

today we made a hike on the Nordbahntrasse Wuppertal , a formerly railwayroute at the northern hills of the town
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6891_zpscfd945c5.jpg

We started at a borough called Rott and came to the first station named Loh
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6894_zps3de1f847.jpg

Look at the nice entrance with mosaics here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6895_zpsb4734490.jpg

A few metres away was a lovely hippie-garden
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6898_zpsa528c501.jpg

even plushies we meet here
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6901_zpsa994b8dc.jpg

in a few tunnels we found huge graffities
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6904_zpsb0289d8b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6907_zpsd0d33eb9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6910_zpsb2709ea0.jpg

And here we are on top of the famous Lego-Bridge
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6913_zps6e5df765.jpg

......grmblgrmblgrmbl.... but o.k., it´s right....
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6915_zps505ebe52.jpg

Also the blue iluminations inside this tunnel
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6921_zps533c10c3.jpg

Some more tunnels from outside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6928_zps88e74886.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6935_zpscfa56cc7.jpg

Is anybody at home?
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6938_zpsd12b7f29.jpg

Here we cross a huge street in Elberfeld
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6931_zps6aa754d2.jpg

And here ends our tour, deep in the west of Wuppertal, at the old Railwaystation Ottenbruch
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/30-05-14%20Nordbahntrasse/DSCN6941_zpsfd516a17.jpg

This was my day, love and see You soon
Yours Charlotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 11, 2015, 10:23 pm
Hello World,

look what strunki found after the reorganisation of the TV-Site: a few pictures with colourful cacti-flowers we shot in the warmhouse

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6881_zpse63ffe4a.jpg

This should be a test, if the links are still o.k. ;)

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6878_zpsef12dd49.jpg

And I remember that we enjoyed the colours of the succulents also as we liked the nice temperatures inside the warmhouse

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6877_zps2c8031e2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6874_zps42e11887.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6873_zpsb491f8c8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6870_zps7d7dda66.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6866_zpsd9ca66a8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/29-05-14%20Epis/DSCN6863_zpsf8192ad1.jpg

See You soon and love You all
Yours Charlotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 14, 2015, 10:07 pm
Holá World,

early in the morning we started our journey to Tenerife from Düsseldorf Airport.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/13-01-15%20Start%20TF/DSCN8224_zpsc920887a.jpg
Look at our airplane
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/13-01-15%20Start%20TF/DSCN8225_zps36ebf8b6.jpg

The airport was very exciting
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/13-01-15%20Start%20TF/DSCN8231_zps5c85c089.jpg

In the plane all seats were very narrow, but I had a good seat at the backboard window
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/13-01-15%20Start%20TF/DSCN8231_zps5c85c089.jpg
During the flight I fell into a deep sleep

Happy we enjoy the skyline of Puerto de la Cruz
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/13-01-15%20Start%20TF/DSCN8265_zpsfa45fa64.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/13-01-15%20Start%20TF/DSCN8266_zps329c4ee8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/13-01-15%20Start%20TF/DSCN8267_zpse741b46b.jpg

That´s for today

Yours Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 16, 2015, 11:29 pm
Buenos Dias World,

hihi, my first spanish words, they mean : Good Morning ;)

Here You see the main entrance of our hotel
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8462_zps751934ea.jpg

This is the hall
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8467_zps76d06da3.jpg

Outside the hotel Helmut and me found a first nice plant: A tree called "Flamboyant"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8472_zpsf75d0292.jpg

That´s for today, love and see You soon
Yours Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 17, 2015, 6:09 pm
Holá World,

Today we visited a small hill with an eremitage on top.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8281_zpsab71d6d4.jpg
We started at a place called monastery, where stations of the cross begin
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8286_zpseca94f3a.jpg
The way up to the hill is like going to a little botanical garden with lots of exotic and endemic plants
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8291_zps133917c7.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8292_zps7ee39da8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8298_zps446d6b76.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8301_zpsc45836d8.jpg

I met a friendly chicken
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8306_zpsc9bb8224.jpg

The way is very hard at some parts
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8312_zps89a2f417.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8314_zps894673a7.jpg
But the scenery there is wonderful
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8313_zpsf4471ced.jpg

A view on Puerto de la Cruz
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8324_zpsd8beb980.jpg

In the middle of the path we held a rest
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8325_zps1703e7f3.jpg

I saw the little eremitage on top
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8329_zpse4725b29.jpg

Finally, we are on top
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8335_zps19019046.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8336_zps03f25b21.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8337_zps00f2e06b.jpg

Look at the beautyful landscape of the valley of Orotava
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8342_zpsacd4d0c7.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8343_zps4d954de1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8350_zps0851ee6b.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8351_zps0d09e67a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8352_zpsfac33f50.jpg

On our way back we found some nice flowers growing the whole year
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8358_zps6ebd6a10.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8362_zps1c473ffd.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8369_zpsb2a221ae.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8372_zps2a5f43a6.jpg

And finally a rainbow, look  :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8385_zpsc96629f3.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/14-01-15%20Monasterio/DSCN8386_zps5fa2df6c.jpg

That´s it for today, love and see You soon

Yours Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 19, 2015, 6:16 pm
Holá World,

today we vistited the old town of La Laguna
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-01-15%20La%20Laguna-Markt/DSCN8476_zpsfd493777.jpg
The complete name of the town officially is "San Christobal de La Laguna", but everybody here calls the city "Laguna"

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-01-15%20La%20Laguna-Markt/DSCN8480_zpsf0227d4b.jpg
Lots of very old houses I saw there, the inner city was built in the 16th and 17th century, when Laguna was the formerly capitol of Tenerife.

One of the oldest churches here, the cathedral of La Laguna
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-01-15%20La%20Laguna-Markt/DSCN8485_zps04f6b0a5.jpg

This is an interesting example of a typical canarian house with an inner patio
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-01-15%20La%20Laguna-Markt/DSCN8500_zpsce5d33d8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-01-15%20La%20Laguna-Markt/DSCN8494_zps63646791.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-01-15%20La%20Laguna-Markt/DSCN8495_zps867cd20e.jpg
Here we held a rest before we went to the market halls
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-01-15%20La%20Laguna-Markt/DSCN8497_zps5d556cfc.jpg

At the market halls I looked for something to eat or drink for our planned picknic tomorrow on sunday
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/17-01-15%20La%20Laguna-Markt/DSCN8504_zps9ca39b71.jpg
See tomorrow, what the other TV´s had found for our picknic :p

See You soon and love You,
Yours Charlotte




Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 19, 2015, 8:34 pm

On Sunday we went to the sunny south and spend some lazy hours at the nice harbour of Güinmar.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8513_zps26512904.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8514_zpse5ba8cba.jpg

In the afternoon we found a nice place and held, like the canary people on sunday often do, a picknic :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8518_zps0d0da366.jpg

Yesterday at the market I have chosen a yummy assortment of fruits
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8521_zps8fd50480.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8525_zpsf01806a3.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8527_zpsc31dd2dc.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8531_zpsaf8f06eb.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8541_zpsedf2ad34.jpg

The round brown slice is Gofio , a typical canary specialty of the native Canarians, the Guanches
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8532_zps27d45fe2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8533_zpsaef82f41.jpg

We had a very nice sunday picknic
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8535_zpse4a2f31f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN81349_zpsdafde4f2.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/18-01-15%20Picknic/DSCN8537_zps0d1c00e1.jpg


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 21, 2015, 6:29 pm
Holá World,

today we made a small trip down to the old town of
Puerto de la Cruz and to the Promenade.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8564_zps9c0db427.jpg

We started at the old harbour
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8553_zps87ed6842.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8554_zps4374fd37.jpg

Here at the harbour we met an well known friend of good old störte :cyclops:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8558_zpsbf06d5ce.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8559_zpse3f49d87.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8560_zps20993877.jpg

We went on and came to Plaza del Charco
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8567_zps4d8e29e1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8570_zps269047d9.jpg

Here we came to a very old church of Puerto, it is called Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia and was built in the 17th century.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8579_zpsd73e937e.jpg
The so called Plaza de la Iglesia is similar to a little park
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8580_zpsd3640468.jpg
In the middle of the place You find a spring with a swan
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8587_zpsc06157b5.jpg

A good example for the typical canarian architecture, mainly the wooden balconies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8594_zpsf30d805c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8595_zpsca9dff08.jpg

Near the promenade, the sea is very rough today
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8600_zps14e19f18.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8608_zps98bd129c.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8609_zps8411ec96.jpg
From here You have a good sight of the swimming pools of Lago Martianez
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8632_zpsf42d5ade.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8633_zpsd412b6f4.jpg

Look, Bananas, in the middle of a Town :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8615_zpsaf391f25.jpg
We found them at the[url=Ermitá de San Telmo] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Telmo_%28Puerto_de_la_Cruz%29
[/url]
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8620_zpsdbca96fe.jpg

Here ended our tour while we rested in a red and yellow Aloe
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/19-01-15%20Puerto%20de%20la%20Cruz/DSCN8622_zps2014386d.jpg

That´s all for today, love and see You soon, Yours Lotte



Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 21, 2015, 9:50 pm
Holá World,

today we visited one of the nicest urban parks on Tenerife:
Parque Garcia Sanabria
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/DSCN8662_zpsaa8570d7.jpg

Here I am at the famous flower clock
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/DSCN8657_zpsd3b0b7ff.jpg

Seven different alleys lead to the centre with the main spring inside.
Here You see one of the alleys with nice statues
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/DSCN8648_zpsf5710c08.jpg

Another view from another alley with palmtrees
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/DSCN8636_zpsbc321e50.jpg

One of the highlights in the park is the cactus area with lots of different cacti.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/DSCN8640_zpse0adc58a.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/DSCN8643_zps0992bacc.jpg

But the main attraction finally here is the sculpture of a sitting woman in the middle of the main spring
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/DSCN8653_zpsa487c590.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/DSCN8665_zpse8068ef2.jpg

This was our excursion through the park.
Love and see You soon, Yours Lotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 21, 2015, 10:47 pm
Holá World,

no, we are not in the Black Forest Mountains, even when the backround of the photo looks similar ;)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/21-01-15%20Aguamansa/DSCN8678_zps52b42d64.jpg

In more than 1.000 metres about sea level we visited the trout farm of Aguamansa.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/21-01-15%20Aguamansa/DSCN8682_zps542b6d85.jpg

The weather was very very cold, not more than 8°C and rainy, so we didn´t stay very long there :thinking:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/20-01-15%20Parque%20Garcia%20Sanabre/21-01-15%20Aguamansa/DSCN8685_zps0e391a7a.jpg

So love You and see You soon, Yours
Charlotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 24, 2015, 9:39 pm
Hello World,

today we spent our day in the famous Loro Parque
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8696_zps94a4553f-1.jpg

We passed the entrance
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8805_zps83c1153b-1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8806_zpsec16a84a-1.jpg

and came to a forest of palmtrees
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8809_zpsab428cf2-1.jpg

Planet Penguine
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8814_zps7eedaf57-1.jpg

The Loro Show
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8775_zps1094e4ce-1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8782_zpsf73ab104-1.jpg

The Aquarium
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8794_zpse20e634f-1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8845_zps9a7a5323-1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8846_zpsb5cc7ceb-1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8847_zpse688707d-1.jpg
Deep Blue :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8851_zps7aa6589c-1.jpg

The zone with free flying birds
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8711_zpsa66ddca6-1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8716_zps25d129f4-1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8721_zps09fa6f45-1.jpg

The Dolphin Show
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8751_zps52f239b9-1.jpg

At the Orca Ocean
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8763_zps33f93758-1.jpg

We had fun by watching the Otters
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8821_zps9b0af341-1.jpg

And finally Helmut was happy to share his chocolate-banana with us and told us about the advantages to be a member of the Loro Parque Fundacion
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8768_zps181db590-1.jpg

What a full day we had here :D
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8852_zps1bc76d70-1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/22-01-15%20Loro%20Parque/DSCN8853_zps12a9cee6-1.jpg

Love and see You soon,
Yours Charlotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 27, 2015, 8:56 pm
Night Life at Puerto de la Cruz  :p
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-01-15%20Night%20Life/DSCN8866_zpsd91444d5.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/23-01-15%20Night%20Life/DSCN8872_zps0a4a2ff8.jpg
no comment :cyclops:

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jan 29, 2015, 9:33 pm
Holá World,

today we vistited the town La Orotava in the near of Puerto de la Cruz.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8881_zps244f3e16_1.jpg
The old town is famous for its nice wooden balconies
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8882_zps901478f4_1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8898_zps826a1934_1.jpg

Here we have the view from Orotava to Mount Teide
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8891_zps5a0f2dd9_1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8892_zpsea51c600_1.jpg

Unfortunately the Botanical Garden of Orotava was closed... :(
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8907_zps420064b3_1.jpg
So we only had a small look from outside
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8904_zps743fa305_1.jpg

But instead of we spent some nice time in a Terrace-Garden called "La Victoria"
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8912_zps1664ba8a_1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8913_zpsab2fb25f_1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8919_zps3341f54b_1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8921_zps9d2097c1_1.jpg

At the end we had the chance to have a look inside a typical canarian patio
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8928_zps793a99d5_1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8929_zps6e9cff38_1.jpg
and saw some nice handcrafted cloth
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8932_zpsb0bb695e_1.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/24-01-15%20Orotava/DSCN8933_zps3426e299_1.jpg

Love and see You soon, Yours
Lotte
Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Feb 16, 2015, 7:31 pm
Hello World,

today we drove to the Cliffs of Los Gigantes
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-15%20Los%20Gigantes/DSCN8941_zpsb430f831.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-15%20Los%20Gigantes/DSCN8942_zpsc69c1629.jpg

At the [url=Mirador Archipenque]https://plus.google.com/102907400597830545153/about?hl=de[/url] we found this table wich told uns about the possibility for watching smaller whales living between Tenerife and Gomera Island
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/25-01-15%20Los%20Gigantes/DSCN8947_zps7e117fa9.jpg
...but today we didn´t see any whale...

That´s for today, love and see You soon
Yours Charlotte


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Apr 6, 2015, 8:50 pm


Hello world,

today we saw another highlight of this nice island: We visited Mount Teide, the higest mountain of Spain with 3.718 m.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/DSCN8955_zps38036b1f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/DSCN8956_zps74015a86.jpg

See the foot of the mountain at an altitude of 2.100 m
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/DSCN8965_zpse62e27c5.jpg

The landscape here in the so called "caldera" is awsome
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/DSCN8975_zpse25f15e5.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/DSCN8976_zps49e09333.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/DSCN8977_zps680914a4.jpg

Love and see You Soon
Yours
Lotte

Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 4, 2015, 11:05 am
Hello world,

today we wanted to stay at the northern coast for having a sun bath, but the weather was too bad. Instead of, we visited this place with the huge whale skeleton and drove back to Garachico.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9001_zpsyfexm4b6.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9005_zps9pfi4vr9.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9006_zpsbv2ceweh.jpg

And here You see the nice village of Garachico
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9011_zpsjxzpc4c2.jpg

Garachico was lost under the ashes of a volcano in the 18th century
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9018_zpsolwc7vja.jpg

This is the castle of Garachico
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9023_zpsg0jcqabm.jpg
My friends and me sitting on an old canon
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9025_zpsopqhbh8y.jpg

A view on the natural swimming pools Garachico is famous for
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9038_zpsguualqvr.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9039_zpsqolbawn8.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9040_zpshninbwxm.jpg

Here we find Jorge, a nice and friendly youngster pirate.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9045_zpssvllnehx.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9046_zpshry2i9vj.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/26-01-15%20Teide/30-01-15%20Playa%20Sibora/DSCN9047_zpshhh22ckg.jpg
Similarities with störte are for purely accidental  ;)


Strunki
strunki1259@web.de

Posted Jun 4, 2015, 4:11 pm
a final Holá from Tenerife: We drove to the nicest beach of the island, Playa las Teresitas.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-15%20Las%20Teresitas/DSCN9061_zpstqoaulzf.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-15%20Las%20Teresitas/DSCN9062_zpsi38glvse.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-15%20Las%20Teresitas/DSCN9063_zpsaykfz0nx.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-15%20Las%20Teresitas/DSCN9070_zpssrhybowa.jpg

Today is our last day and since now we didn´t test Helmuts boats he stored here the year before
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-15%20Las%20Teresitas/DSCN9085_zpsmlnnbmxi.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/strunki/31-01-15%20Las%20Teresitas/DSCN9086_zpsajyjxtbx.jpg
Öhm... I´m not on the pics, I know You think, I am hydrophobic... but I AM NOT, I only took the pictures...

This was our nice holiday on the island of Tenerife.
Love and see You soon
Yours Lotte


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